Viewpoints about 'Stage Gate Meetings'

Kill New Product Development Projects Faster!

December 12th, 2012 | by Michael Glessner

The most successful executives kill New Product Development (NPD) projects as early in their development cycle as possible. It might sound cold, but choosing to relentlessly evaluate the merits of NPD projects early on pays dividends in the long run.  Read More

Topics: Business Case, Business Case Valuations, Decision Making, Development Lifecycle, Gate Review, Gatekeepers, Innovation, Michael Glessner, New Product Development, New Product Development Execution, Noel Sobelman, NPD, NPD Performance, NPD Projects, Phase Gate, Phase Gate Meetings, Product Development, Stage Gate, Stage Gate Meetings, Stage-Gate

Achieving Breakthrough Innovation: Five Steps to Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty

November 15th, 2012 | by Miton Adhikari

How many times have you heard, “great idea” and, “risky” in one sentence? If you’re a company wanting to make a big jump in innovation, the answer is, plenty.  Read More

Topics: Breakthrough Innovation, Decision Making, Innovation, Innovation Process, Innovation Process Management, Manage Risk, Manage Uncertainty, Miton Adhikari, New Product Development, NPD, NPD Execution, NPD Innovation, Peer Reviews, Phase Gate, Phase Gate Meetings, Project Evaluation, Resource Allocation, Resource Management, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Stage Gate, Stage Gate Meetings, Uncertainty Tracking

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