Le Petit Chef

Alan D. MacCormack; Sandra J. Sucher; Suraj  Rangashayi

Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2001 (Revised November 2002)

Le Petit Chef

by Alan D. MacCormack, Sandra J. Sucher and Suraj Rangashayi

Abstract

Brigitte Gagne, Le Petit Chef's director of microwave R&D, is deciding on the product development agenda for next year. She has to decide which of the available projects to fund, and evaluate the overall portfolio of projects currently under development. The recent poor performance of the firm prompts Gagne to think about reassessing the way projects are generated, evaluated, and selected at Le Petit Chef. However, Gagne has a pressing deadline to meet—the executive team is due to review the next year's agenda at a meeting in Paris tomorrow.

Keywords: Production; Product Development; Projects; Planning; Research and Development; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Resource Allocation;

Language: English

Format: Print

22 pages

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MacCormack, Alan D., Sandra J. Sucher, and Suraj Rangashayi. "Le Petit Chef." Harvard Business School Case 602-080, October 2001. (Revised November 2002.)

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