{"id":568,"date":"2012-09-06T15:31:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T20:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/product-pulse.planview.com\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:35:42","slug":"hitting-product-launch-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/hitting-product-launch-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting Launch Windows When Time to Market is Non-Negotiable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recently released research paper, <em><a title=\"Issue in Focus: Meeting Fixed Product Launch Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resource-center\/?resource_language%5b%5d=english\">Issue in Focus: Meeting Fixed Product Launch Windows<\/a><\/em> analyst Jim Brown, Founder and President, <strong>Tech-Clarity, Inc.<\/strong>, talks about how companies can use <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/solutions\/product-innovation-portfolio-management\/\">Product Portfolio Management<\/a> (PPM) applications<\/strong> to hit timely product launch deadlines to <strong>improve new product development<\/strong> and <strong>overall performance<\/strong>. Conversations with product developers and the immediate interest in the paper revealed that he&#8217;d hit a nerve &#8212; and has relevant solutions to share!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Product developers are very aware of the pressure organizations experience when challenged to meet <strong>fixed product launch windows<\/strong>. For example, consumer goods companies typically launch new product lines for the holidays or a particular buying season and, therefore, have pretty-much immovable deadlines. If a company misses the launch deadline, it may experience detrimental impacts to the business including a dead product, financial loss, and missed opportunity to achieve a competitive advantage &#8212; not a good outcome for any product-driven organization.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate how Jim outlines some very specific steps you can take to improve your odds of hitting those windows. A few he outlines are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adopt a disciplined, end-to-end portfolio management process<\/li>\n<li>Ruthlessly prioritize investments<\/li>\n<li>Diligently balance plans with available resources<\/li>\n<li>Manage risk and uncertainty and plan to fail (or succeed) early<\/li>\n<li>Standardize execution processes, metrics, and deliverables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report delves into more solutions &#8212; not just the &#8220;what&#8221; but the &#8220;how&#8221;, i.e., how do I prioritize, how do I most effectively manage my resources? Among the approaches discussed, he describes how PPM systems help support these steps.<\/p>\n<p>Download the complete paper and discover ways to improve your new product development performance with a goal of hitting those launch windows. You can also <a title=\"How to Effectively Manage Your Product Portfolio to Consistently Hit Launch Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resource-center\/?resource_language%5b%5d=english\">view a popular on-demand webcast<\/a> hosted by CGT and featuring Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity, Monica Alderson of Hallmark Cards and Carrie Nauyalis of Planview. Check back for our blog entry on this webcast &#8212; a dynamic dialogue offering tested and true approaches for consistently hitting product launch windows.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to hear from you. I encourage you to read Jim&#8217;s suggestions and share your feedback. What tips can you share with peers to help them consistently hit launch dates? 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