With the new “Engineering Efficiency Radar – Light,” development organizations can systematically identify initial strengths and potential areas for improvement in their engineering processes within just a few minutes.
Process Fellows is now offering a free, web-based light version of its Engineering Efficiency Radar. The demonstrator provides companies with a quick and accessible introduction to assessing their engineering efficiency and is available at https://processfellows.de/efficiency-analysis/
Development organizations are increasingly facing the challenge of ensuring quality, safety, and compliance while at the same time working faster, more cost-effectively, and at greater scale. Traditional audits and assessments show whether processes are defined and implemented in compliance with applicable requirements. However, they provide only limited insight into how efficiently these processes actually support day-to-day development work. The Engineering Efficiency Radar therefore complements this perspective by examining factors that influence development time, resource utilization, rework, and scalability.
The new demonstrator guides users through a structured self-assessment based on a small number of practical questions in each category. Results are evaluated using a simple traffic-light system. Within approximately 15 to 20 minutes, users can gain initial insights into potential friction, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. Additional comments can be recorded and serve as a basis for further discussion.
“With the Engineering Efficiency Radar – Light, we want to provide companies with an easy and accessible way to explore the topic of engineering efficiency,” explains Dr. Jürgen Schmied, Managing Director of Process Fellows. “The self-assessment is not a substitute for a detailed analysis. However, it helps make key issues visible and provides a sound basis for discussing where development activities are currently consuming unnecessary time and resources.”
The full Engineering Efficiency Radar takes a multidimensional view of engineering efficiency. It examines areas including processes, roles and organizational structures, leadership and governance, operational planning, resources and skills, tool and data flows, interfaces, rework, and reuse. Based on the overall picture, improvement measures can be identified and prioritized according to their benefits, required effort, and expected impact.
The focus is not on reducing necessary quality assurance activities, but on eliminating non-value-adding work: fewer unnecessary review loops, clearer decision-making paths, more usable documentation, more efficient interfaces, and more targeted use of knowledge and reuse.