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Idea   Preliminary
investigation		 Business case   Develop-ment   Test and validation   Production and
full launch
stagegate process for high performance
  Idea screen
   Preliminary approval
 		  Project approval   Review of
development result
   		Product release
   Review of business results

Stages are cross-organisational
Each stage in the StageGate® process includes a set of prescribed and cross-organisational activities, incorporating industry best practices. The activities during a stage are carried out in parallel, not in sequence. This is to ensure that they are executed quickly and effectively.

 stages in StageGate® are cross-organisational - all areas and departments of the company contribute
 each stage in StageGate® is preceded by a decision point, i.e., the gate.

Gates are the decision points in the process
Gates are the points in the StageGate® process where the gatekeepers make a decision. The possible decisions are Go, Kill, Hold, or Recycle.

The gates in StageGate® are also:
 checkpoints for controlling the quality of the project:
     Has the team done a quality job - is the information from them sufficiently valid to make a go/kill decision?
     Has the project team done its job well?
     Is the project still attractive from an economic and business standpoint?
     Are the action plan and the path forward sound?
 meetings for prioritising projects and allocate resources

The gate meeting concludes with a clear and fact-based decision. If the decision is Go, the gatekeepers commit the necessary resources and visible support the project leader and the team.

Gatekeepers
The Gatekeepers in the StageGate® process are a team of senior management that own the resources and have authority to make the Go/Kill decisions. The gatekeepers:
 are from a different functional areas and can commit resources
 have a prearranged list of criteria and rules - they can't play favourites

The Benefits of the system
 it puts discipline in an otherwise chaotic series of events
 it focuses attention on quality of execution
 it speeds up the project - because it is cross-functional
 it ensures a complete project - no critical steps are omitted
 it leads to a better project selection and focused resources

A well implemented system helps you ..
 to keep the schedule in the majority of your projects,
 to shorten time to market by 30% or more,
 to improve your new-product success rate by 10-30%.

And this increase your company's profits by millions, frequently by just as many millions as the annual development budget.

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<a href="stage-gate-process.asp"><strong>The Stage-Gate® Guide</strong><br /> is a practical process manual and a toolset providing the following:<br /> • a collection of proven, validated best practices derived from studies of over 2000 projects and 300 companies,<br /></a> • the essence of 15 years of experience from a large number of Stage-Gate® implementations in leading companies in many types of businesses and countries in Europe and North America,<br /> • assistance in increasing the percentage of successful development projects and shortening the time from idea to profitable business,<br /> • flexibility: organised in web format with access to files in Microsoft Word that can be modified and adapted to your company.<br /> <br /> Jens Arleth is the leading Stage-Gate® expert in Europe where he has assisted a large number of companies with this process.<br /> The Stage-Gate® Guide was developed by Jens Arleth based on Cooper’s principles and Arleth’s experience from implementing Stage-Gate® in European companies.
© Jens Arleth, 2010