Project
Management

Streamline Project Execution
for Product Development

IN-CONTEXT PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Delivering innovative products to your customers requires effective cross-functional team collaboration. Your product release processes must be closely linked to project execution. Your internal and external teams must deliver on interrelated project tasks and deliverables to meet targeted milestones.

Arena Projects is designed for today’s businesses to help streamline project management. With Arena PLM and QMS, you can track project progress through customizable phases, assignable milestones, and tasks, in context with the product record and release processes.

IMPROVE VISIBILITY AND SPEED NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

Many traditional project management tools are disconnected from the product record, making it difficult to start strong and keep everyone aligned through the end of the project. Arena’s project management software is part of Arena PLM and QMS, ensuring connected project management throughout product development to improve execution and get products released on time.

PROJECT
MANAGERS

get detailed, flexible control of deliverables and visibility into project schedules

PRODUCT LAUNCH
TEAMS

can create, view, and manage phase-gate project processes easily

DESIGN PARTNERS
& SUPPLIERS

are enabled with role-based access to collaborate with internal teams and stay aligned

EXECUTIVE
TEAMS

gain better visibility to make informed decisions and deploy resources

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

teams maintain a complete history of projects linked to product records

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL
TEAMS

are empowered to collaborate more effectively throughout the product lifecycle

ADDED VISIBILITY AND TRACEABILITY

With Arena Projects, impacted teams gain added visibility to trace deliverables and key actions. This includes critical information about affected parts or assemblies and related engineering changes, quality actions, requirements, defects, and more.

SPEEDS PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT

Accelerates new product introduction and product enhancements
Meets your team’s work habits with automatic notifications when tasks are assigned

CONNECTS PRODUCT RECORD AND PROCESSES

Unites project execution to product processes, including engineering changes, product requirements, and issues
Provides two-way visibility between product record and project deliverables

EMPOWERS
TEAM

Enables collaboration internally and with supply chain partners for tasks, phase gates, and milestones
Reports on project data to assess and analyze project effectiveness

IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DRIVE FASTER NPI CYCLES

With Arena’s project management software, everyone can see what is happening today and in the future. With increased visibility, teams stay on task and on time. When releasing new product features, you may have assembly instructions, test specifications, packaging, and other documents that must be updated. With Projects, it’s all in Arena. Your project tasks are linked to documents, items, and assemblies to ensure everything gets done right so you can deliver innovative products to customers fast.

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“Arena serves as our checklist to ensure that we have all the right information at every phase of the project. We’re able to document and review the lessons learned from each project and drive continuous improvement.”

Dave Fromm Chief Operating Officer, Promex