Prototype Management eRoom

EMC Documentum Prototype Management eRoom helps you manage a critical phase of the new product development cycle: the prototype development process. Most products require at least one if not many prototyping phases, which can take a significant amount of time. The Prototype Management eRoom is designed to streamline the process—from concept and design to building and testing—and to enable early intervention, preventing wasted time and effort.

Product managers and engineers who use this pre-configured template can involve outside parties in their prototype management process and make the transition from design to production easier, faster, and smoother.

Prototype Management eRoom key benefits

• Development lifecycle support — Conduct preliminary studies, test materials, and assess parts. Develop proofs-of-concept through brainstorming and design sessions. Define or assign tasks and usability targets. Prepare final stage preproduction prototypes for hand-off to manufacturing.
• Global collaboration — Engage with globally distributed project teams, model makers, manufacturers, and area experts. Test, revise, and manage changes to working prototypes with crossfunctional project teams and outside constituents including investors and user teams.
• Controlled access — Segregate access between internal development teams and distributed external project teams or area experts.
• Phase-gate approval process — Manage prototype designs and maintain collaborative context within the review process, ensuring that all criteria are met and changes are made before you incur additional development costs.
• Referenced collaboration — Refer to previous discussions and decisions within a single collaborative environment to hasten decision-making and resolve conflicts faster.
• Graphical content development — Collaborate on computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and virtual prototypes—using EMC Documentum eRoom Viewer for CAD Visualization—for initial review and testing with product teams and engineering.
• Best practices — Standardize best practices for future prototype management.
• Reduced time to market — Enable easier and faster revision processes.

Prototype Management eRoom users

• Product managers
• Product marketers
• Engineers
• Product designers
• Suppliers
• Production planners
• Manufacturers