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Phase-Gate
Product Development
Intelligent offering for development at maximum
speed
When implemented correctly phase-gate development of products
is a great way to prioritize opportunities and speed
to market your most promising offerings. However, methodologies
such as Stage-Gate® can easily become just rote processes
where few weak products get killed and all efforts get delayed.
This difference
in doing phase-gate right can be dramatic.
Arthur D.
Little’s 2005 Innovation Excellence Study found on
average, an almost 1,200% difference in new product development
effectiveness between the 25% most and least productive companies.*
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approach to phase-gate development offers: |
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Feature
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Benefit
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Clear
Prioritization
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Development
prioritization is facilitated with initial and ongoing
ranking of projects on the basis of their ease and
benefits -including meeting enterprise-level strategic
goals. Overlapping opportunities are easily identified.
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| Phase
Requirement Clarity with Direction Between Gates |
Linked
reference materials and tools for each task provide
the information needed to complete each requirement
quickly and correctly.
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| Elimination
of Gate Meeting Guessing Games |
Know
where projects are at all times. Keep gate meetings
from becoming marathon discovery sessions.
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| Minimum
Process Variation |
Because
people understand what needs to be done next and how
decisions will be made they are less likely to miss
or avoid requirements.
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| Self-sufficiency |
Project
members, even new employees, are able to perform at
high levels without delays or the risk of getting off-track.
Each person’s workspace has task level organization
of every file used during the project. Time lost searching
for or having to recreate project work is minimized.
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| Speed-to-market
with Phase Flexibility |
When
time to completion is a critical success factor you
have the flexibility to adjust stage authorizations
and requirements. You can retain control of core phase-gate
processes while still meeting specific opportunity needs
since task-specific content is modularized and easily
customized.
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| Better
Team Communication |
Automated
reporting as each requirement is completed means that
everyone is working with current information and has
access to detailed and organized project files without
the burden of after-the-fact reporting. These reports
allow targeted and proactive mentoring as needed.
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| Portfolio
Management |
Executives
get standardized views across all development efforts
for overall prioritization of resources to meet organizational
goals.
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 Learn
more about SigmaFlow's
Best Practice Execution System
 Contact
us to request a software demonstration
 Call
us at 972.447.8340
Stage-Gate®
is a trademark of Product Development Institute.
* Five-year
sales from new products as a percentage of company sales versus
research and development spending as a percentage of company sales.
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