After preliminary research on a submitted idea is complete using the idea approval steps, the process manager can develop the idea as a project. Although ultimately responsible for the final decision in the system, the process manager collaborates with other stakeholders. A committee of team members reviews the idea, provides counsel, and decides the feasibility of the idea.
Only the ideas that pass through the Idea Gate Review page can become real projects.
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. Screening culminates in a gate scoring review, where the team decides to proceed with or to kill the idea.
This sub process notifies each of the listed gatekeepers on the idea through action items. They are reminded to log in and score the idea against specific factors that are 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 a Go, a project is automatically created and the gate score appears on the Idea Gate Review page. The gate score is automatically calculated based on the average of all gatekeeper entries.
All ideas with a Kill or Hold status are moved into the Idea Vault and can be resurrected later as business goals shift.
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