Andrew Griffith and Mary Ellen Yarossi will present a paper entitled "Stage-Gated Process for Project Definition of Capital Projects" at the 19th IPMA World Congress. The paper details a three-step, stage-gated process for project definition. It also explains the objectives and lists the deliverables required for each stage. In addition, the paper discusses the objectives and practical considerations for the gate reviews between each stage. Finally, the factors that lead to successful implementation of this stage-gated process are summarized.

• Date: November 13 to 16, 2005
• Location: New Delhi, India