The Centre for Project Management and Entrepreneurship (CPME) of the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, invites company representatives to apply for the workshop “Managing Innovation Processes: Stage-Gate, Agile Methods and Knowledge-Based Digital Product Development”. The workshop focuses on improving innovation processes in companies, managing new product and service development more efficiently, and better using the knowledge already within the organisation.
The workshop is intended for managers, business owners, project and team leaders, and employees involved in developing products, services and business processes. Through practical examples, work on real business challenges and the exchange of experience, participants will learn how to:
- structure the innovation process in their company using the Stage-Gate model, from idea to market, with clear decision-making criteria at each stage,
- combine the Stage-Gate approach with agile methods (Scrum, Kanban) for faster and more flexible product development,
- analyse existing business processes (BPM) and identify opportunities for their improvement and digitalisation,
- identify, document and use employees’ knowledge and experience as a basis for developing new solutions, and
- develop and test a digital product or service concept using tools such as Design Thinking, the Value Proposition Canvas and the Lean Canvas.
Date: 4 and 5 November 2026
Time: 15:00–19:15 or 16:45–21:00 (participant’s choice)
Venue: Room 6, Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka
Target group: Company representatives (managers, owners, project and development team leaders)
Participation in the workshop is free of charge. To participate, please complete the form https://forms.gle/vJ2CDgE8H2A17gZ19. The number of participants is limited to 25 representatives, and applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Companies may register one or more representatives.
The workshop is organised as part of the project Up-skilling researchers for sustainable entrepreneurship based on innovation process management (USE IPM), funded under the Horizon Europe programme (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03-01).
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