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Breaks projects down into tasks, shows the dependencies of one work stream on another, and provides real estimates, created by the people who actually perform the tasks.
Shows the team and management how much progress they are making on a project. An improvement on Gantt Charts in that it focuses on customers, and provides a more accurate estimate of the work performed on a project in-progress.
Clarifies the boundaries and channels of decision making throughout an organization. Empowers teams, and minimizes the time and attention required by senior managers at the project level.
Estimates the amount of time a project team has available to create useful work output, based on the number of projects per person. Provides a visual map of resource overload and exposes overburdened functions.
Realigns teams after a project has gone out of scope. Provides the team with a mechanism to conduct a root cause analysis, evaluate alternatives, and recommend a remedy to decision makers.
Graphical Tools for Accelerating Product Development
Helps a cross-functional project team to identify project objectives, roles & responsibilities, and key deliverables across the phases of a project. Identifies dependencies between team members and deliverables.
The Cross Functional Team Model is a tool to identify the leadership, critical functions, and key individuals in a cross functional team. It is a snapshot that identifies, by name, the functional reso...
This simplified RACI helps you clarify who owns what decisions within a project.
A descriptive template that helps project teams prepare for the future and serves as a discussion guide for planning risk-mitigation activities.
Identifies the critical elements of a project and defines the conditions which must exist for a team to ship a product to market. Enables a team to plan and execute with minimal management intervention.
Help identify and manage the key individuals who might impede your success by determining your project's supporters and detractors. This product development process tool is a subjective assessment tha...