Joachim Rügamer-PMO | Process Management Product Development Process

Established process management fundamentals (governance structures, process map, continuous improvement, etc.)

Defined and implemented the product development process with project phases, milestones, quality gates, decision criteria, and deliverables

Defined and implemented key support and management processes (especially company goals and strategy, and project development)

Established PMO and laid the foundations for multi-project management

Designed and led the implementation project

Facilitated workshops on process documentation with ~80 stakeholders from all involved departments

Advised and trained process owners

Conducted lessons-learned workshops to analyze experiences and develop and track actions

Built a PMO with three team members

Successfully introduced project management based on a documented product development process with defined and measurable milestone outcomes as decision support for management

Improved transparency and reliability of product manufacturing costs in early project phases through established workflows and structures

Established a new quality assurance department for development projects with three staff members

Modeled the product development process

Created approval documents and facilitated approval meetings

Managed non-technical project tasks (collaboration with controlling, purchasing, marketing, sales, etc.)

Calculated product manufacturing costs and conducted profitability studies