Product Launch

All teams work from a common visual plan so everyone clearly sees their tasks and how they impact the launch date.

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Planning

Many departments are involved in a product launch, so you need one plan that each department contributes to and works from.

With GamePlan, everyone understands the project plan because it’s visual. Teams stay focused on completing their tasks because they know their impact on the launch.

Benefits of planning

Planning makes you consider all aspects of a project, which results in far fewer surprises later.

Planning shows the project’s critical path (with red arrows). These are the tasks that will impact the launch date if they run late.

Scheduling

As you visually plan, GamePlan creates a resource-leveled project schedule. The schedule is achievable because each person’s availability is considered and no one is double-booked.

The project schedule is shown in the Gantt chart immediately below the Whiteboard.

Benefits of Scheduling

The schedule shows you the earliest possible product launch date given the work required and each person’s availability.

The schedule shows everyone exactly when they need to start and finish their tasks in order to keep the product launch on time.

Tracking

After the project starts, tracking keeps everything up to date. Tracking is done by marking tasks as Completed on Schedule or entering timesheets.

Benefits of Tracking

Tracking keeps the schedule valid, so everyone can rely on it. When there’s a delay or when a task takes longer than expected, the downstream schedule updates.

Tracking the project shows the project status. How far through the project are you? When will you be ready to launch? This information is always known.

Tracking also gives you a permanent record of plan versus actuals. Analysing this data in a project post-mortem is a valuable learning experience that improves future planning.

Frequently Asked Questions

So GamePlan visually shows my project workflow. Does it do anything else?

Yes, communication is only one of the benefits of the visual workflow. It also serves as an intuitive user interface to a powerful scheduling engine. As you make changes on the Whiteboard, GamePlan updates the project schedule and displays it in GamePlan’s Gantt chart.

Can I move things around on the Whiteboard?

Absolutely! Everyone has their preferred way of laying out their project plan, so GamePlan gives you complete flexibility. You move tasks and groups with a simple drag and drop.

Can I show large projects in GamePlan?

GamePlan’s visual interface is most suitable for small to medium sized projects. However, large projects typically consist of multiple phases. You can move each phase to its own Whiteboard, and all links between phases will be preserved.

Do I need special hardware to use GamePlan?

GamePlan is a cloud-based web application which runs on personal computers and iPad tablets. An internet connection is required.

Which applications can GamePlan import data from?

GamePlan can import data from Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Microsoft Project, and Primavera P6.

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