The Product Development function has not yet found a system of measuring and reporting appropriate to and optimized for its natural cycles.
There is also a misplaced responsibility for product development within the corporate hierarchy.
These findings from the Goldense Group Inc. (GGI) 1998 Product Development Metrics survey are just a representative sample of the research results presented in this report.
This 'Highlights' report is the 'management summary' of the results of GGI's 1998 Product Development Metrics Survey, based on responses from 190 companies in a range of industries.
The 'Highlights' report includes 1998 R& D metrics information and analysis from survey respondents, metrics systems in industry, the state of corporate metrics, the state of project metrics, and existing linkages between new product development team performance and company reward and compensation systems.
