News
06.01.2012
RIVA mit stärkerem Fokus – ideas. innovation. value.
RIVA mit stärkerem Fokus – ideas. innovation. value.
21.06.2011
RIVA participates in BWA (Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade) Event „Unternehmerische Herausforderung E-Mobilität“ (e-mobility – an entrepreneurial challenge)
on July 19, 2011 in Cologne
01.12.2010
Project recovery: Paper of Riva Management Consultants wins award
On November 15th, the PMI-Summit 2010 took place in Munich.
16.10.2010
Riva at the PM-Summit 2010 in Munich
On November 15th, Project Management Experts will get together in Munich to exchange experiences...
Critical Project Recovery / Technology Transfer
Target of the project was the recovery of a critical innovation project and the safeguarding of internal technology transfer.
Initial Situation
- Medical engineering start-up company, approx. 140 employees
- Approx. 100 Mio. EUR seed-phase investment
- Enterprise target: development of a measuring system for blood glucose with significantly higher measuring accuracy
- Product does not meet specified performance requirements
- Market entry dates had been repeatedly postponed
targets
- Redesign of project structure and planning with regard to fastest possible market entry
- Interim project lead
- Identification of improvement levers to achieve specified product performance
- Technology and know-how transfer between development site and production plant
Approach
- Restructuring of project team ,rescheduling of project timing plan, effective task tracking
- Installation of cross-functional task forces
- Direct operational project team lead and intensive project and risk controlling
- Bi-weekly status reporting towards supervisory board and investors
- Acceptance of functional and disciplinary responsibility (R&D manager, plant manager, quality manager)
Results
- CE-approval of the product with marketable accuracy
- Significant increase in production yield
- Identification of additional improvement levers for second generation product performance
- Establishing contacts to additional investors for subsequent financing


