New Food Product Company Uses Stage Gate to Focus Resources
A start-up food product company had limited resources to bring their recipes to market. They needed a game plan to follow instead of being consumed by putting out fires and working on tasks that were not necessarily the top priorities.
ProjectLead facilitated a retreat where company executives created a Stage Gate process specific to their needs.
ProjectLead assisted in the development of tasks and deliverables for each stage in the process.
ProjectLead assisted in the development of gate criteria to be used to determine if and when a project proceeds to the next stage.
RESULTS
Direction
Executives felt better about having a solid direction to follow so as not to waste their limited resources on tangential tasks.
Focus
Stage Gate helped each person focus on the most important items in sequence.
Documented Process
Having a written process helped at times when things appeared to be getting off track.
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