New Decision Support Software Dramatically Improves Product Development Processes

Boeing and Hewlett-Packard using next generation tool to build consensus, generate best possible decisions, and compress product development time.

CORVALLIS, Oregon - November 9, 2001 - Robust Decisions announces the introduction of Accord, software that helps build consensus and decision certainty for managers and distributed teams.

Robust Decisions provides decision support solutions, and was founded by Dr. David G. Ullman, P.E. a recognized expert in successful product design and development processes. "My research and my consulting with large technology companies showed me two things: The decision-making process is a critical, yet often ignored, part of product development and business management; and there are no efficient tools and methods that give managers and team members guidance and support during decision-making. I set out to simplify the decision-making process, combining my research results with the latest methods and algorithms, in an easy-to-use format."

Dr. Joel Orr, a leading consultant in business strategy and engineering practices, commented, "There is a crying need in industry for ways to facilitate and speed up the decision-making process. I regularly assist managers who suffer from analysis paralysis: Either they can't reach consensus among all stakeholders, or they're not sure the information at hand is adequate to justify taking a course of action. Accord helps solve both of these problems, and raise the level of decision certainty. The software is incredibly easy to learn and use. I plan to integrate it into my practice."

Customer reaction to the software has been equally favorable. Jim Kearns, a Hewlett-Packard Senior Technical Manager said, "I estimate a 20% time savings on a two and a half year product development project using Accord. We've used other decision-making software and methods, and none have provided the same level of understanding of the issues, and confidence in the outcomes, as Accord. The program forced us to be more rigorous, quickly brought our team members to a common plane, and better quantified the inputs and results."

Joe Onstott, Process Leader at Boeing Aerospace added, "With Accord, we're able to better visualize our thought processes, quickly and accurately focus on important discussion areas, and reach a conclusion with confidence." Onstott added, "I have no doubt this will increase our competitive advantage."

Demos and downloads of Accord are available at the company's web site, www.robustdecisions.com.

 

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