Change Management in Product Development

Change Management in Product Development(Making it work!)
NPD processes were R&D driven

NPV was a primary “pipeline health” metric. Not many innovative metrics observed.

Major commercialization launch blunders with 2 year project schedules

Declining NPV’s during the NPD process

Six sigma was organizationally positioned in Quality or Manufacturing.

The project leader becomes a key change element
“Maven” for metric monitoring, integration
Creates a “connector” resource network
Data gatherer
Performs Stakeholder analysis using metrics as a guide
SHOULD BE SEEN AS A BUSINESS COMPETENT INDIVIDUAL AND HAS ORGANIZATION CREDIBILITY

Projects leaders have the power to suggest change for the future through lessons learned!