Planned cycle time on key projects cut by five months in year one.

It started in one area, then spread to three more business units.

The situation

Sales growth running at about half of goal, and a stated need to speed up project delivery.

What changed

The company built its own accelerated development method around the ProChain platform, and spread it through owners in each region, with no central PMO.

The result

• The year-one goal was three months cut from plans. They cut five.
• North American prototype schedules cut 6 to 9 months, with team productivity up 20% to 30%.
• Asian prototype schedules cut 3 to 12 months, giving management its choices 9 to 12 months in advance.
• A new product launch plan pulled in 12 to 18 months, worth a projected $5 million in NPV.
• After the first year, 100% of the projects were in the ProChain system.