Deciphering extreme programming practices for innovation process management

Innovation can be summarized as the successful exploitation of new ideas. However, there is a long way from the conception of an idea to its final evolution as a product. Several approaches intend to lead the process of innovation into organizations, so that this process can be carried out in a more efficient way. Our research, in particular, aims to investigate how we could apply concepts of eXtreme Programming (XP) into the management of innovation process. XP is a software engineering methodology that ensures a more flexible and adaptable software development. We argue that the XP strengths can be also applied to improve innovation processes. Experimental data is also explored as a way to support this hypothesis.