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PROJECT TITLEProject Leader:Team:Executive Project Sponsor (As Required):Date: Month/Day/Year

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Instructions

• The Executive Gate Presentation is used to succinctly summarize and highlight critical aspects of the Business Case during a short presentation to the Gatekeepers.

• The headings on each slide and the order of the slides are aligned with the Business Case and the criteria in the Gate Scorecards.

• Sample questions are incorporated on each slide and are there to prompt for information.

• The questions are guidelines only and do not represent a complete list of information requirements.

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Instructions (continued)

• They are also not intended to be answered verbatim and are not a substitute for thought and analysis.

• If a chart or graph most succinctly summarizes the team’s work, then it should be considered (a picture is worth a thousand words).

• Note: Gatekeepers will read all of the project deliverables prior to the Gate Meeting. Additionally, Gatekeepers will refer to the specific detailed project information. The Gate Presentation is designed to focus on key issues only and not to review all project data.

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Presentation Outline

• Integrated Project Definition• Project Summary• Integrated Risk Assessment• Strategic Fit and Importance• Product and Competitive Advantage• Market Attractiveness• Synergies and Core Competencies• Technical Feasibility• Financial Reward vs. Financial Risk• Highlights of Plans• Team Recommendation

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Integrated Product Definition

• Provide a summary of the Integrated Product Definition:– Validate the product in light of Stage 4 testing

• Be succinct and highlight the key elements• Ensure adherence to communicating the Integrated Product

Definition to the Gatekeepers: Product Concept

Target Market

Problems

Needs

Uses

Benefits

Value Proposition

Positioning

Technical Solution

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Project Summary

• Highlight major findings• Highlight key success to date• Highlight key challenges to day and solutions deployed • Provide an understanding of the overall health of the project

(for example, red flags, resources, timelines)

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Integrated Risk Assessment

• Reconfirm that plans are in place to address or mitigate the significant risks outlined in Stage 3

• Describe the major risks associated with the Market Launch Plan. How will these risks be addressed or mitigated?

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Strategic Fit and Importance

• Describe how strategic importance has been demonstrated by the commercial product

• What are the targets for launch? – Highlight the contingency plans if targets are not achieved

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Product and Competitive Advantage

• What was the customer feedback on the commercial product? – How does it support a superior product advantage? – How does it support a superior competitive advantage?

• Describe how the Market Launch Plan leverages product and competitive advantage

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Market Attractiveness

• Describe the current market attractiveness:– Describe how the Market Launch Plan reflects current market

attractiveness– Indicate how the market will be penetrated, as described in the

Market Launch Plan

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Synergies & Core Competencies

• Describe the resources (skills, capabilities, and experience) required for launch and how they are in place

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Technical Feasibility

• Confirm that the commercial product will be manufactured on a repeatable basis

• Describe how all quality assurance, EH&S, regulatory and legal requirements have been addressed for launch

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Financial Reward vs. Financial Risk

• Provide the updated launch projections and the development costs

• What is the financial return based on these updates?

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Highlights of Plans

• Incorporate highlights specific to key elements of the:– Finalized Technical Plans– Finalized Market Launch Plan– Detailed Product Life Cycle Plan– Updated Post Launch Review Plan

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Team Recommendation

• Indicate the team’s score on the project• Highlight the team recommendation for the project:

Go/Kill/Recycle• Outline the key aspects of:

– Activities for the next stage of work– Resources for the next stage of work and actual availability– Budget (equipment, software, money) for the next stage of work– Launch date– Date for process metrics debrief– Date for the post launch review

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