Iskra Dukovska-Popovska

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an exploratory case study in three fresh food supply chains, milk, fresh fish, and fresh poultry, in the Nordic countries, based on interviews and data from the databases of the companies involved.

TL;DR: A comparative case study of seven technology-intensive companies shows how combining Stage-Gate models, at the strategic level, with the Agile method Scrum, implemented at the execution level, can offer performance improvements and other advantages over even improved Stage- Gate processes.

TL;DR: There is a need to understand how continuous monitoring of conditions such as temperature, humidity, and vibration can be translated to support real-time assessment of quality, determination of actual remaining shelf life of products and use of those for decision making in cold chains.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative case study of seven technology-intensive companies shows how combining Stage Gate models, at the strategic level, with the Agile method Scrum, implemented at the execution level, can offer performance improvements and other advantages over even improved Stage-Gate processes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors take a more holistic project management perspective and identify both the challenges and the requirements of successful implementation through an in-depth case study, finding that successful implementation requires awareness and skills of integrated product development in senior management, as well as a set of crossorganizational project governance structures.