Re-evaluate: The Reviewing -- Deciding the Future


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Re-evaluate: The Reviewing -- Deciding the Future

Doug DeCarlo, Principal, The Doug DeCarlo Group

December 3, 2005







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Re-evaluate is a pause point on the project, a juncture where management makes a formal review of the venture and decides its future course. Here, Business Question 4 becomes the focal point: Is it worth it?

Two fundamental questions are being asked during Re-evaluate:
  • Are we doing the project right?
  • Is this still the right project to do?
Similar to a stage gate process, Re-evaluate sessions are typically held at agreed upon milestones; for instance, at the point where prototyping has been completed, technical feasibility has been determined or prior to going into production. 

The check points afforded by the Re-evaluate process enable management to make fact-based decisions as to the future course of the project and to minimize risk (and thereby have greater control) by funding the project in increments.



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