Release Notes: New Product Development (NPD) Accelerator › NPD Accelerator Features

NPD Accelerator Features

The NPD Accelerator feature set provides:

• Product portfolio management: Balance risks and rewards, improve alignment between innovation and business strategy, and monitor the health and performance of all products over their entire lifecycle.
• Pipeline management: Prioritize your projects and balance resource demand and capacity.
• Idea-to-launch management: Develop new products in an automated, collaborative workflow from the new idea stage to the product inception stage.
• Project and resource management: Take advantage of comprehensive project and resource management capabilities. Manage resource allocations, project schedules, and progress. Improve cross-functional coordination.
• NPD-specific dashboards and portlets: View a clear picture of your projects and products. Access, manage, and track your portfolios.

Note: The removal of old Portfolio features affected the NPD Accelerator. This add-in had portfolio-related portlets that were removed in CA Clarity PPM Release 13.2. The pages that displayed the portlets were left in place. The pages were left to accommodate customers who placed custom portlets or other valid portlets on the pages. If no custom or other portlets are present, the pages appear blank. Review your CA PPM Studio portlet pages and delete any that are empty.