Figure 2.2 illustrates the evaluation tasks encountered in the new products process As shown, different kinds of questions need to be asked after different phases. For example, once concepts are generated, each is subject to an initial review: Is it any good, and is it worth refining? At the concept evaluation phase, careful screening is required, as concepts that pass this phase move on to development and begin incurring significant costs. In development, relevant questions are"Are we done yet?" and"If not, should we continue to try?" These questions are best answered through progress reports. Finally, at launch, the main questions concern whether the product should be launched, and later, how well it has done relative to expectation. We pick up discussion of Figure 2.2 later, in Chapter 8, when we go much more in depth into which evaluation techniques are the most useful at each point in the new products process.