The development process of innovative systems, especially in the very early phase, is characterized by high uncertainty and still lacks harmonized methods and criteria for project evaluation and maturity controlling. In particular, the very dynamic development process of innovative systems needs an efficient integration of project maturity controlling, objective controlling, knowledge transfer and decision processes. As a result of relatively short development cycles in the automotive industry, development staff hardly has the opportunity to learn from and to refine the development process. To find a remedy, a customized knowledge management system and a knowledge transfer process are necessary. To cope with the increasing number of cross-organisational and cooperative development projects maturity is used as a controlling parameter, a project performance indicator and an input for risk assessment. At the project decision points, maturity reporting is used for decision support. This paper discloses an iterative project maturity controlling process for innovative early phase projects on the basis of a refined stage-gate process. The maturity controlling method has been put into practice in form of a pilot on 39 early phase automotive projects. User acceptance and process advancement determine that the maturity controlling should proceed and allow further refinement of the practical implementation of the method.


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    Title :

    Early phase project maturity controlling of innovative systems in the automotive industry


    Additional title:

    Steuerung der Projektreife von innovativen Systemen in der Automobilindustrie in einer frühen Phase


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 24 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Storage medium


    Language :

    English




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