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Customer Advisory Board Cites People as Key Driver for
Faster Time to Market and More Innovative Products
Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) today announced that a growing
list of customers are using Clarity from Niku to drive new product
development (NPD) in their organizations. Niku also revealed findings
from its NPD Customer Advisory Board showing that effectively managing
people is the most critical success factor for new product
initiatives. With its unique capabilities for supporting People
Powered Innovation, Clarity is becoming the NPD solution of choice for
companies looking to foster innovation and speed time to market.
Clarity enables users to manage all aspects of the product
innovation lifecycle, from idea generation through portfolio
management, project collaboration, production and delivery. Key to the
solution is a focus on People Powered Innovation, which provides
companies with tools to facilitate collaboration and gain greater
visibility into people-related processes such as idea development,
resource capacity planning and project staffing. Industry leaders such
as Access Group, Armstrong World Industries, Autobytel Inc., Baker
Hughes, Misys Healthcare Systems, MSC.Software, United Online and
Vivendi Universal Games are among the many companies successfully
leveraging Clarity for NPD.
"Continual innovation is critical for maintaining competitive
advantage and sustaining growth," says Marc Halpern, research director
at Gartner. "To drive innovation, and turn ideas into profits,
companies need to successfully manage their people across the new
product development lifecycle -- from deciding which ideas to pursue,
to developing those ideas into products, to delivering those products
to the marketplace. To support these efforts, companies can benefit
from new product development solutions with integrated product
portfolio analysis, resource capacity planning and team collaboration
capabilities."
"One of the most overlooked, yet critical, factors in driving new
product success is the people who make innovation happen," says Josh
Pickus, CEO of Niku. "Clarity from Niku takes NPD management beyond
the simple routing of documents and CAD designs. Clarity gives today's
leading companies the power to take their best ideas to market with
greater speed and agility by providing visibility into people across
dispersed R&D organizations, and giving them the tools to create,
prioritize, plan and execute winning product strategies."
Clarity for NPD Customers Speak Out
Niku's NPD Customer Advisory Board includes members representing
the most dynamic industries in R&D, including software development,
consumer electronics, food and beverage, and life sciences. According
to the Advisory Board, the critical factor in fostering innovation and
speeding time to market is the visibility and management of the people
involved in product development processes. Niku's customers are using
Clarity for NPD to manage key people-related processes including
schedule and resource visibility, collaboration, and resource capacity
planning.
High-quality, innovative products and services have made Armstrong
World Industries, Inc., a global leader in the design and
manufacturing of floors, ceilings and cabinets. Armstrong is using
Clarity to manage NPD across R&D, design, engineering and
manufacturing worldwide.
"We are committed to continually delivering the product excellence
that our customers have come to know and expect," says Mark Young, PMO
director at Armstrong. "Clarity will give us unprecedented visibility
into new product development initiatives spanning multiple business
units. Clarity's idea-to-market view will enable us to quickly capture
ideas and effectively allocate resources to our constantly changing
customer market. Armstrong's logo, 'Your ideas become reality,'
addresses this true spirit of new product development within our
company, and Clarity will help us to transform our product ideas into
reality."
Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) is using Clarity from Niku to
centralize management of the company's game title release process. The
Clarity solution allows the organization to provide accurate,
real-time global reporting and visibility into resources, key
activities and milestones of each title for all levels of the company.
"Before Clarity, we had different groups within the organization
using different tools and reports to manage product development
efforts," says Mark Aubin, director of IT business applications at VU
Games. "Now, we have a single, global view of all products in
development, key milestones and responsible resources, so that we can
more accurately and strategically plan, report and react to potential
risks to our product launches."
Computer Associates will be rolling out Clarity for NPD to its
distributed product development network. This decision was made prior
to CA's agreement to acquire Niku.
"Niku has a strong product offering for NPD with a unique and
compelling value proposition for managing what is perhaps the most
critical factor in the innovation process: the people," said Jacob
Lamm, senior vice president and general manager of Business Service
Optimization at CA. "We expect that Niku's technology will help us
optimize management of the human resources involved in our own
innovation processes, which, in turn, will enable us to increase the
productivity and business impact of research and development."
Clarity for NPD: Decide, Develop and Deliver
Focusing on People Powered Innovation, Clarity provides visibility
and control over the three integrated stages of the product
development lifecycle:
-- Decide: Deciding which products to pursue is the most critical
element of product development. Clarity provides the
visibility and analysis businesses need to determine not only
the most innovative and profitable product portfolio, but also
the most realistic and achievable based on their most critical
and limited resources.
-- Develop: Successful product development hinges on seamless
execution. The robust capabilities in Clarity ensure that an
organization's people are as efficient and productive as
possible. Extending beyond the basics of project management,
Clarity provides rich collaboration, resource management and
knowledge management for geographically dispersed development
teams.
-- Deliver: Successfully launching a product into the global
marketplace is essential for maximizing product revenues.
Clarity provides deep functionality to ensure that
manufacturing, marketing and services personnel have
everything they need to make innovative products a success.
About Niku
Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) is the leader in New Product
Development (NPD) and IT Management and Governance (IT-MG) solutions.
More than 400,000 users at 400 companies use Clarity from Niku. Niku's
NPD customers include industry leaders such as Access Group, Armstrong
World Industries, Autobytel Inc., Baker Hughes, Misys Healthcare
Systems, MSC.Software, United Online and Vivendi Universal Games. With
headquarters in Silicon Valley, Niku serves global customers from more
than 20 offices worldwide.
For more information, contact info@niku.com or visit
http://www.niku.com.
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