Wasatch Technical Consulting

Comprehensive Project Management

Defining your product life cycle.

Defining each step in the comprehensive project management process, adhering to the stage gate process, where at each stage the key stake holders approve or kill the project.

Stage 0, How to define and manage a Queue process with inputs from sales, marketing, Business management, Technical staff, corporate strategy. Setting a short term and longer term differentiation, Opportunistic versus Strategic.

Stage 1, How to define Business case development and discovery process.

Stage 2, How to define Product Definition, Scope, Out of bounds criteria. Roles and Responsibilities.

Stage 3, How to define Feasibility, Design early prototype process.

Stage 4, How to define develop, Qual lot builds (POR definition – clear OOB out of bounds criteria)

Stage 5, How to execute Low volume, conditional, High volume release strategies.

Stage 6, Executing End of life, life time buy, sunsetting strategies.

• Managing multiple projects, how to set up a prioritization process, setting goals based upon clear metrics.

• Evaluating and recommending Project tools, off the shelf solutions; Agile, SAP, MS Project, legacy platforms, ad hoc tools. dependent on the client need.

Supply chain management

• Hot to manage and implement processes for Wafer fab foundries and Assemble Test site (ATE's), material and piece part vendors.

• Hot to choose an define a Product flow, internal versus external.

• How to implement Piece part standardization for test hardware and Product.

• How to implement Prototype processes, 3d printing, equipment contracts, software optimization, licensing , service contracts.

• How to Solidify the link between engineering and planning groups.