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PROOF OF CONCEPTS |
The business case development identifies possible projects and
for each project it makes a first-approximation quantification for
investment, returns, and timing. Such quantitative analysis uses
benchmarks extrapolated by other projects. But how reliable are those
parameters? It may be for instance that the supplier is imposed a new
requirement (such as managing documents in Italian) which may turn out to
have a non marginal effect on quantitative analysis.
Those questions are answered by proof of concepts.
The proof of concepts is implemented through a pilot project, a trial carried
out on
one (or few) suppliers. The suppliers are given
work samples to be executed with a not-yet perfected procedure.
The results are then used to check the estimated parameters
and to evaluate the suppliers' responsiveness to the requirements.
The proof's basic aim is risk mitigation for the investment decision.
Ancillary
outcomes are option evaluation, new process refinement (for instance
the opportunity to adopt a new technology, either at
the supplier's or at the customer's end, may emerge), and building up of consensus.
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