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Once preliminary research on a submitted idea is complete using the idea approval steps, the process manager decides to implement and develop the idea as a project. Although ultimately responsible for the final decision in the system, the process manager does not make the choice without collaboration. Committee of team members decide, each reviewing the idea and providing counsel as to the feasibility of the idea.
Ideas require passing though the Idea Gate Review page before becoming a real project.
The Idea Gate Review page is tied to a review process that is initiated once the marketing manager submits the idea for gate scoring. An action item is sent to the process manager who acts as the decision maker for idea approval. The choices are Go or Kill.
After an idea is submitted, the process manager reviews it and decides about further investigating. If so, they launch the Idea Gate Review page. The process can involve many teams to estimate or further explore the idea. It culminates in a gate scoring review, where the team decides to proceed with or kill the idea.
This sub process notifies each of the listed gatekeepers on the idea (through action items) that they log in and score the idea against specific factors related to company goals. Once scoring is completed, the process manager makes a final decision to go, kill, or hold the idea. Define the gatekeepers when the idea is first created.
If the idea is moved to a Go status, a project is automatically created for that idea and the gate score is entered into the Idea Gate Review page. The gate score is automatically calculated based on the average of all gatekeeper entries.
All ideas in the "Kill" or "Hold" status are moved into the Idea Vault and can be resurrected at a later date as business goals shift.
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