Innovation in Organization Structure:
The structure of the development organization can be innovative and flexible up to and during the design stage, since what is discovered to this point about the technology and market requirements may require adjustments to the organization to better handle the pending development. However, once the development starts the organization really must be held to minimal disruption.

Innovation in the following anchors can cause disruptions in this process: Project Costs, Contracts & Agreements, Schedule, Management system, Resources, Acts of Encumbrance.

Innovation in Information Structure:
Most development projects require some level of information capture and management (timely information distribution, change control, archiving, etc). Some structure is required to do this, and the structure needs to be in place and operating before the design stage, since this is when most product, project and operating documents start to be generated. The structure should not be change until product support is well in hand.

Innovation in the following anchors can cause disruptions in this process: Project Costs, Contracts & Agreements, Management system, Resources, Acts of Encumbrance.

Innovation in Market & User Analysis:
Innovation in this activity is OK well into the design phase. Such innovations can be useful in discovering better information (about the users and markets) that can hone the design of the product, it's cost structure, production, distribution, costing and support requirements. But once the product is being developed, change in how the users and markets are assessed should be toned down and finally minimized when pilot-production is in process. This is not to say that the users and markets are to be ignored; on the contrary, they must be monitored continuously for pertinent input throughout the remaining process. This point addresses not user and market feedback per se, but changes in the process of assessing such feedback. Changes in market and user requirements are always critical, so this risk needs to be tightly managed.

Innovation in the following anchors can cause disruptions in this process: Project Costs, Contracts & Agreements, Schedule, Resources, Team tenure, Team Capabilities, Product Costs, Product Characteristics, Acts of Encumbrance.