The document discusses challenges with new product development (NPD) project execution, including delays, unknown factors, and barriers to predictable schedules. It proposes that Jorvig Consulting can help clients achieve "ideal execution" by discovering sources of unpredictability, prioritizing challenges, planning solutions, and implementing changes to establish a strategic vision and processes that inspire teams and enable on-time product delivery. A case study highlights positive results from a client engagement focused on design process improvements.

1. “ Providing solutions to the project roadblocks that quietly steal revenue opportunity” Enabling an ideal, predictable product development cycle

2. Business Objectives Your business focuses on technically superior semiconductor products that exceed expectations Our business concentrates on new product execution that follows a predictable and streamlined path to revenue

3. Project Execution In the Media Over half of the SOC designs are running late EE Times 4/3/06 Other statistics: Average delay is 4.3 months 25% fall into the late by 1-2 month bin. 18% are late by 3-6 months 6% are late by 6-12 months. 2% are late by 12-18 months

4. Project Schedule Overruns

5. Contributors to Unsuccessful Projects

6. Largest Contributors to Non-ideal Project Execution Requirements Closure Planning - Creating commitment Individual Objectives - Success Factors Project leadership skills Scope control To routinely meet commitments there is absolutely no margin for error. Any obstacle on the path to revenue must be identified, understood and removed!

7. Cost of Missed Commitments Baseline Assumptions 5 Person development team cost = $15K/wk 40% margin business Weekly Delay Cost = (weekly revenue*margin) + dev cost $1.3M annual revenue product costs $25K per week delay. $10.4M annual revenue product costs $95K per week delay.

8. Attaining Ideal Execution What is the Limiting Factor in meeting NPD Project Commitments? Time, Resources and Skills to Remove the Barriers to Predictable Execution (Known and Unknown)

9. Ideal NPD Execution Goal Everyone on the product development team will know and agree to what they are delivering, when it will be delivered, how it's being delivered, who they are delivering it to and where it's being delivered for every item they are responsible for. Who and when typically done well What , where and how is the challenge area Conversely, every member of the team will know and agree to what they are receiving, when they will receive it, how it will be delivered to them, who is delivering it and where it will be delivered to them for every item they will be receiving.

10. Our Value: Migrating your Team Towards Ideal Execution Enabling revenue objectives by eliminating the unpredictable elements of the NPD process “ Freedom from Project Surprises”

11. Engagement Model Baseline Predictability to Production Ideal Predictability to Production Jorvig Consulting IC Design Design Process Product Engineering Test Engineering Program Management Business CAE Marketing

12. What is an unknown? Any activity or deliverable that was not part of the plan or was not generally known to the team. Insufficient, lacking or improper information. Any rework activity indicates something unknown. Unknowns keep themselves hidden Engineers love to engineer. If something is not working, any engineer will make if work for them. Engineers will work around issues by quietly dealing with it, thus the issues still exist for everyone else. Unknowns – Beyond the Understood Challenges Discovery

13. Our Flow to Ideal Ideal Execution Process Development Project Design Plan Process Management Team Workshops CAE Requirements Design Flow Dev. Leadership Coaching Work with your team to determine and implement the agreed gap solutions. Collaborative Environments Unknown Known Discovery Potential Solutions

14. Ideal Course of Action Ideal Execution Assessment Implementation 1 Initial Planning 2 Project Specific Discovery 3 Organizational Mechanics Discovery 4 Compile and prioritize challenges 5 Solutions Planning 6 Solution Implementations 7 Solution Rollout

15. Results to Expect when Partnering with us A strategic vision and style that inspires your team through the actions that will enable your ideal NPD objectives. Team embraces change and is enthusiastic about contributing to improvements. Specific NPD process deliverables that positively impact your organizations time to revenue. Implementation of the “ideal” vision for project execution. Solutions to the silent roadblocks that quietly steal away a predictable path to revenue.

16. Our Clients “ Jorvig Consulting has been involved in a design process improvement project within our organization. He managed and executed the project exceptionally. The cross-functional project team that Jeff recruited was assembled quickly and has produced results that hit the mark. We are grateful for the work that Jorvig Consulting has performed and would make a high recommendation.” - Dave Monk, Operations Manager, Freescale

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