Viewpoints about 'Project Governance'

The Project Management Podcast Episode 217: Effective Gate Meetings

July 25th, 2012 | by Matt Priest

Once again, Matt Priest joins Cornelius Ficht, host of PM Podcast, to discuss how companies can make gate review meetings more effective and scalable. Listen to the interview from the PM Podcast site, and follow it up by reading the complementary Viewpoint The What, Who and How of Effective Gate Meetings. Read More

Topics: Decision Gate, Decision Making, Gate Review, Governance, Governance Team, Innovation Process Manager, IPM, Matt Priest, Matthew Priest, Phase Gate, Phase Gate Meetings, Phase-Gate, Portfolio & Pipeline Management, PPM, Project Governance, Stage Gate, Stage Gate Meetings

The What, Who and How of Effective Gate Meetings

September 21st, 2011 | by Matt Priest

Preparing for a New Product Development (NPD) gate meeting is usually the last thing on an innovation team leader’s list of things to do, especially when typical meetings entail lengthy slide decks on the merits of projects and research studies on the risks of new products. Read More

Topics: Decision Gate, Decision Making, Gate Review, Governance, Governance Team, Innovation, Innovation Process Manager, IPM, NPD, NPD Innovation, Phase Gate, Phase Gate Meetings, Phase-Gate, Project Governance, Stage Gate, Stage Gate Meetings

Great Ideas Are Not Enough

Championing Innovation Governance

August 8th, 2011 | by Kalypso | 1 comment

It is commonly believed that the most innovative companies hire the brightest minds and invest in fancy workplace environments where out-of-the-box thinking leads to successful new products and services. While there may be places where this is true, few companies are able to consistently execute on this strategy and lead their industry with sustainable innovation. Read More

Topics: Cycle of Innovation, Decision Making, Governance, Innovation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Governance, Innovation Strategy, Pipeline and Portfolio Management, Project Governance, Project Portfolio Management, Sustainable Innovation, Third Party, Third Party Gatekeeping

Practical Portfolio Management for Food & Beverage: How it Really Works

December 15th, 2010 | by George Young and Bill Poston

This December 2010 Food Manufacturing column explores six practical tips for how food and beverage companies can simplify the implementation of an effective pipeline and portfolio management process. Read More

Topics: Article, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Portfolio Committee, Portfolio Investment, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Prioritization, Portfolio Rationalization, Portfolio Review, Portfolio Scoring Systems, PPM, PPM Software, PPM Systems, Practical Portfolio Management, Product Development, Product Portfolio, Product Portfolio Management, Product Rationalization, Project Governance, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Project Selection

Beyond Compliance: Medical Device Product Development

March 10th, 2010 | by Noel Sobelman

Kalypso has spent the last several years exploring how leading medical device companies - from startups to multibillion dollar enterprises - are balancing new product development with compliance requirements. Finding the right balance between what can seem like competing objectives, and understanding how leading companies are doing so, is the focus of this paper. Read More

Topics: Compliance, Decision Making, FDA, FDA Compliance, FDA Regulations, Innovation, Medical Device, Noel Sobelman, Perspective, Product Development, Project Governance