Multiple Choice
Companies that use "stage gate" control technology divide projects into several stages with gates between them.The gates act as comprehensive quality control checks that have to be passed before a gate will open.Managers measure performance at the end of each stage to decide whether the project should move forward.Which of the following is a drawback of this technology?
A) gaining no up-front commitment to the performance measurement methods
B) Reviewing the project at each stage may lead to overanalysis and underperformance.
C) achieving low consensus between assessments about performance
D) Promising new projects might be killed too soon by overeager, stage gate keepers.
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