Today, I'm talking about corporate cultures that successfully manage the relationship between innovation and quality.
Innovation is vital.
Without innovation, development, and ultimately sales, stagnate. Yet rapid-fire innovation often comes at the expense of quality. When release cycles are just a few months apart, it is difficult to focus energy on both innovation and bug fixing. It is also difficult, if not impossible, to follow a formal process, from requirements generation to functional specification to technical specification and beyond. I believe the answer is to recognize the importance of iterative quality improvements and make them as much a priority as innovation.