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NPD Body of Knowledge

NPD Body of Knowledge Categories:
Strategy Organization Process Tools & Design Optimization Technology

STRATEGY & PLANNING
Business & product strategy Porter's Competitive Strategies
New Lanchester Strategy
Lanchester Press Strategy Papers
Strategic Planning
Eight Maxims of Strategy
Competitive Strategy
Porter - Competitive Forces and Generic Strategies
Developing Your Strategic Plan
Basic Overview of Various Strategic Planning Models
Corporate Strategy
Analysis of Business Strategy
Diversification and Synergy
What is Strategy
Developing Strategy
Product development strategy Clockspeed-Based Strategies for Supply Chain Design
Innovation Strategies
Competitive analysis Five Forces Affecting Competitive Strategy
Competitive Intelligence
Competitive Intelligence Programs
Competitor Analysis - a Brief Guide
Competitor Analysis
Competitive Analysis
Product planning & management The Product Planning Process
Discovering Opportunities and Threats in a Market
Innovation management Cultivating Innovation Articles
Recipe for Growth
Technology
Achieving Innovation, the Core Competence
Setting Goals to Get Innovation
Managing for Innovation
The Power of Systems Thinking to Innovation
Innovation Articles (Brill)
Developing an Innovation Strategy
Market-Driven Innovation
R&D management Metrics to Measure R,D & E
Top-Down or Bottom-Up Research Management
Predicting Product Development
Technology forecasting & roadmaps Future Mapping: Linking New Technologies to Market Windows
Forecasting the Rates of Technological Change
Assessing Technological Capability
Technology planning Filling Technology Gaps
Product platform What is a Product Platform
Leveraging and Managing Platforms
Platform Driven Development of Product Families
Product Platform Strategy
The Elements of Platform Leadership
Technology transfer / deployment Speeding the "R" of R&D Through a Deliverables-Orientation
Intellectual property management A Model for Intellectual Assets Management
How to Develop, Protect, and Market New Product Ideas
Fuzzy front end / ideation The 5 Minute Guide To Successful New Products
New Product Russian Roulette
New Ideas About New Idea Killers
Improving New Product Development Via Innovation
A Survival Guide for the Fuzzy Front End
Taking the Fuzziness Out of the Fuzzy Front End
Feasibility & project/product screening New Product Concept Screening
Apply Management Tools to Development Activities
Project/product business case Principles of Forecasting
New Product Forecasting-1
New Product Forecasting-2
Demand-Driven Flow
S-Curve Forecasting
Profit & Loss Analysis
Example of Building a Business Case
Project Brief
Portfolio management Three Goals in Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management Processes: Architect Then Implement
Portfolio Management for New Product Development - Picking the Winners
Portfolio Management for New Product Development
Portfolio Management Approach and Software Tools
Master Project Schedule
Process strategy  
Managing knowledge Knowledge Management and Processes
Principles of Knowledge Management
Knowledge Acquisition In New Product Development

ORGANIZATION & TEAMS
Management leadership Authentic Leadership
Shirking Responsibility
Effective Leadership: A Very Old Formula
101 Secrets Of Leadership
The Modern Leader’s Role
Leadership
Engineering Management
The Art of Leadership
Bringing Up the Leader Within
Product development teams
Integrated product teams		 How to Grow Dream Teams
The Software Development Team
Working Groups or Teams
Program management team / System integration team / Core team Core Team
Team structure / program structure Organization Structure
The Organisation
Organization Structure
Staffing and assignment Multitasking Makes You Stupid
Teamwork Teamwork Strategies for Managers
Core Values for Functional Teams
Team Roles
Team launch and team building Getting Teams to Really Work
7 Ingredients to Create a Super Team
Team Kickoffs: A Practical Approach to Help Achieve High Performance
Process Mapping & Alignment
Teambuilding
Team closure / disbanding Team Closure
Change management Force Field Analysis
Coping with Change: Different Personality Styles
Resistance to Change
Empowerment & self-direction How to Manage Like a Coach, Not a Cop
Empowerment
Collaboration Leadership and Constructive Collaboration
Communication Aids Design
Collocation Collocation and Effective Teamwork
Co-locating Team Members
Virtual collocation & virtual teams Virtual Teams
Trust in Virtual Teams
Communication The Lost Art of Listening
Ten Tips to Cultivate Communication
Communicating by "Type"
Developing a Common Language
Critical Listening
Critical Speaking
Critical Writing
Effective team meetings Creative and Productive Meetings
So You’re Leading a Meeting?
Team groundrules  
Conflict resolution / Consensus decision-making System Approach to Win-Win Resolution of Conflicts
The Culture of Decision-Making
The Power of Agreement
Mistakes to Avoid in Decision Making
Conflict Resolution
Making Engineering Design Decisions
Defined roles & responsibilities Roles & Responsibilities
Who - When Maps
Team charter Team charter example
Team leader Undercurrents in Leading Project Teams
Becoming a Facilitative Leader
Team Leadership: Emerging Challenges
Flat organization structure Oticon's Organization Structure for Product Development
Early supplier involvement / supplier integration It's in the Design
Sun Microsystem's Early Supplier Involvement Program
Beyond Early Supplier Involvement
Suppliers: The Competitive Edge in Design
Integrating NPD and the Supply Chain
Supply Chain Strategies
Resource management  
Team-oriented performance measures Improving Performance Management
Recognition & reward system How to Keep Incentives from Becoming Entitlements
Having Fun with Reward and Recognition
Pay Innovators Right
Abolishing Performance Appraisals

PROCESS
Capability maturity model People Capability Maturity Model
Product development process Improving Process Maturity to Compete in the Desktop Printer Market
A Business Case for Improved Project Practices
Conceptual Design
Product Realization Process
Product Development Tools and Deliverables
Defining the Product Development Process
Reengineering product development Redesigning the Product Development Process
Business Process Reengineering papers & articles
Business Process Reengineering
Software Process Improvement
Strategic Business Process Analysis and Reengineering
Lessons learned Lessons Learned Checklist
Best practices 20 Key Elements (BPs) of Product Realization Process
Practices to Achieve Hyper-Compression in Product Development
Integrated Product Development Lessons Learned
Basics of New Product Development (APQC White Paper)
Lockheed Martin IPD Best Practices
Applying Lean Principles to Product Development
The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation-Cooper
Benchmarking Seven Steps to Effective Competitor Benchmarking
Benchmarking
Metrics & performance measures Measuring NPD for Results
Product Metrics
Target Setting: Key to Successful NPD Outcomes
Calculating the Value of Time for New Products
Measures of Goodness
NPD Performance Measurement
Stage-gate process / stage-gate reviews Stage-Gate Review Definition
Stage-Gate Review Timing
Gate Meetings
Business Tools for Technology Transfer-Stage Gate
Rockwell's Re-Engineering - Gates
Design structure matrix Design Structure Matrix Web Site
Pipeline management Product Planning
New Directions in Pipeline Management
Design reviews Design Review Definition
Design Reviews
Design Reviews
Guidelines for Six Sigma Design Reviews--Part One
Guidelines for Six Sigma Design Reviews--Part Two
Requirements definition & management Characteristics of Good Requirements
Using Requirements Management to Speed Delivery of Higher Quality Applications
Requirements Management Links
Applying Requirements Management with Use Cases
Functional Requirements and Use Cases
Evolving Beyond Requirements Creep: A Risk-Based Evolutionary Prototyping Model
Applying Requirements Management To Medical Devices Utilizing Software
Product specifications Product Design Specification
Systems engineering process What is Systems Engineering
Pragmatic Principles
Systems Engineering (Dean)
Twelve System Engineering Roles
A Systems Engineering Environment for Integrated Automotive Deevelopment
Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering
Configuration management / Engineering change control Configuration Management Papers
Software Configuration and Change Management
CM Infrastructure and Terminologies
Engineering Change Management in Three Swedish Engineering Companies
Engineering Documentation Control Handbook
Risk management Risk Management
Risk Management articles
Risk
Take Calculated Risks
Software Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Software development Applying Systems Thinking to the Issues of Software Product Development
Software Classic Mistakes
Why Use Analysis and Design Techniques?
What Have We Learned
16 Critical Software Practices for Performance-Based Management
Managing Major Distributed Software Development
Testing, qualification and certification Types of Testing
Software Quality Management
Software Testing and Software Development Lifecycles
Software Unit Testing
What Happens When You Don't Have a Test Plan?
Product launch Integrated Product Launch
The Five Secrets Of A Successful Launch
Project planning and management Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI)
Project Management
Critical Path Analysis (Mind Tools)
Use Project Management Tools to Build a Project Team
Evolution of the Project Office
Network Analysis/Critical Path and Strategic Scheduling
Planning as a Vaccination Against Failure
Software Project Management
Project Management
Project Management Tools
Elements of a Program / Project Plan
Budget and Schedule Worksheet
Project Management Using Microsoft Project®
Resource planning and management Project Resource Management: Roles and Responsibilities, Systems, Cost, Culture
Why Fire Fighting is Never Enough
Rockwell's Re-Engineering - Resource Allocation
Resource Management
Critical chain project management Introducton to Critical Chain Project Management
Critical Chain Tutorial
Critical Chain Scheduling
A Critical Look at Critical Chain Project Management
Critical Chain Project Management Characteristics
Critical Chain Project Management

TOOLS AND METHODS FOR DESIGN OPTIMIZATION
Quality function deployment (QFD) Step-by-Step Guide to QFD
Quality Function Deployment Case Study
QFD for Technology Development Planning
Quality Function Deployment Example (Refrigerator)
Quality Function Deployment Example (APU)
Quality Function Deployment Software
Quality Function Deployment: What, Why and How
Quality Function Deployment Papers
9 House of Quality Checks
After QFD: Now What?
Quality Function Deployment Example
Introduction to QFD
QFD - House of Quality
The History of QFD
QFD Software and Matrix Examples
Customer needs / Voice of the customer Customer Surveys and Interviews
Discovering Customer Needs—Four Key Questions
Basic Methods to Get Feedback from Customers
Customer-Focused Creativity
The "One Right Way" to Gather the Voice of the Customer
The Customer as Creator: A Step Beyond the Voice of the Customer
Fear of the Customer
Voice of the Customer Analysis
Discovering Opportunities and Threats in a Market
Virtual customers The Virtual Customer
Virtual Customer Site
The Virtual Customer
Better Products Through Virtual Customers
Lead users Lead Users - Creating Breakthrough Innovations at 3M
Lead Users
Lead Users: An Important Source of Novel Product Concepts
Lead User Analysis for the Development of New Industrial Products
Developing New Product Concepts Via the Lead User Method
Focus groups Basics of Conducting Focus Groups
How To Get More Out Of Your Focus Groups
Online vs. face to face vs. telephone groups
Concept Testing in Focus Groups
Focus Group Articles
Focus Groups
Customer interviews General Guidelines for Conducting Interviews
User / Customer Interviews
Contextual Inquiry
Market research Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques
Secondary vs. Primary Market Research
Market Reasearch Techniques
Market Research Articles
Some Major Sources of Market Research Information
Market Research Topics
Market Structure Analysis (segmentation)
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Perceptual Mapping
Market Segmentation
Ethnography /ethnographic studies Designing Products Based on Real Life
The Human Touch
How "Applied Ethnography" Can Improve Your NPD Research Process
User Profiles (Personas)
Direct Observation
How to Turn End User Understanding into Innovation
Contextual analysis / empathic design Contextual Analysis
Empathic Design
Spark Innovation Through Empathic Design
How to Turn End User Understanding into Innovation
Participatory / cooperative design Cooperative Design
Conjoint analysis Conjoint Analysis Tutorial
Conjoint Analysis
Designing Your Conjoint Analysis Study
Conjoint Analysis Technical Papers
Prototypes Using Conceptual Modelers for Business Advantage
Imagining Faster
The Role of Appearance Models and Mockups
Visual Models
Sketch Models
Let Prototyping Drive Your Product Development Process
Theory of inventive problem solving (TIPS/TRIZ) What is TRIZ
Introduction to TRIZ
TRIZ Journal Archive of Articles
TRIZ Mind Map
Axiomatic design General Axiomatic Design Concepts
Building Better Vehicles via Axiomatic Design
Critical Thinking
Axiomatic Design - Suh's Methodology
Axiomatic Design of Software
MIT Axiomatic Design Publications
A Comparison of TRIZ and Axiomatic Design
Axiomatic Design and TRIZ: Compatibilities and Contradictions
Creativity, brainstorming and problem solving Brainstorming (Mind Tools)
Steps in the Brainstorming Process
Overview of Creative Methods
Cultivating Innovation Articles
Brainstorming
Using MindMapsTM with TRIZ
Creativity and Innovation in R&D
Harvesting Profits in the Idea Garden
Assumptions Can Be Major Barriers
Ten Tips for Beefing Up Your Problem Solving Toolbox
Creativity Articles (Brill)
Making the Innovation Magic Happen
Creativity
Generating New Ideas
Engineering Problem Solving
Creativity, Innovation and Problem Solving
Concept Development
Concept evaluation and selection Concept Screening
Some Rules Of Engineering Design
Concept Development: The Front End Process
Morphological charts
Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) Analytical Hierarchy Process
The Analytical Hierarchy Process: A Step by Step Approach
Design for manufacturability/assembly (DFM/A) Design for Assembly Guidelines
Detailed DFM Guidelines
DFA Software
Survey of DFM Methods
DFM Tools for Improving Product Designs
Implementing DFM in Nordic Industry
Design for Assembly
Evaluation of Instrument Panel Design
Design for Simplicity
Design for Assembly Evaluation Methods
Design for Assembly
DFA: The Lucas Method
DFM/A Evaluation Tool
DFMA guidelines and rules Detailed DFM Guidelines - Injection Molding, Sheetmetal, Machining, Hot Forming, PCB's, etc.
Example of Sheetmetal Guidelines
The Dangers of Part Consolidation
DFM/A Guidelines
Manufacturing processes / process selection Basics of Manufacturing Technology
Manufacturing Processes
Manufacturing Processes
Forging
Powder Metallurgy
Product Design and Process Selection
WiseProM - WIzard for SElecting PROcess and Material
Standardization, modularity & design re-use Product Programs, Variants and Modularization
Part Standardization and Design Collaboration at Compaq
Modularity Enhanced Product Realisation through Modular Design
Modularity as a Means to Product and Process Integration
Modularity: A Key Concept in Product Lifecycle Engineering
Overview of Modular Product Development
Modularity
Mass customization Mass Customization, the Proactive Management of Variety
Achieving Success with Mass Customization
Product Line Rationalization: A Prerequisite to Mass Customization
Mass customisation
Flexibility
Mistake-proofing/poka-yoke Poka Yoke
Poka Yoke Example
Using Poka-Yoke Techniques for Early Defect Detection
Poka-Yoke: A Misunderstood Concept
Attributes of Good Mistake-Proofing
Design to cost (DTC) Designing for Cost
Design for Cost
Designing for Low Overhead Costs
Implementation of a Design to Profit System
Target costing Target Costing Tools and Examples
Target Costing Software
Supplier Target Costing
Cheapness: the Mother of Invention
Target Costing: A Strategic Business Methodology
Target Costing
Product/life cycle cost models Hardware Cost Modeling
DFM Software Reduces Time to Calculate Costs
Cost tables Cost Tables
Parametric cost estimating / Cost estimating relationships Parametric Cost Analysis
Parametric Costing Case Study
Definition of Parametric Cost Estimating
Cost reduction Cost Saving Ideas Using Purchasing Information
Value analysis/function analysis (VA/FA) Value Analysis
Function Analysis
Value Engineering
Function Cost Analysis
Increasing Product Innovation Effectiveness Through QFD And Value Engineering
Function analysis system technique (FAST) Function Analysis and Decomposistion using Function Analysis Systems Technique
Activity-based costing/activity-based management (ABC/ABM) Introduction to Activity-Based Costing
Activity-Based Costing
Design for six sigma (DFSS) Design For Six Sigma Roadmap
Building Quality into Design Engineering
Six Sigma and the Evolution of Quality in Product Development
Designing for Six Sigma Capability
Six Sigma Helps Create GE’s Latest Dishwasher
Design for Six Sigma Tools
Quality Management
Advanced product quality planning (APQP) Advance Quality Planning
APQP Tools Quality Management
Robust design Enhancing Robust Design with the Aid of TRIZ and Axiomatic Design
Design of experiments (DOE) Design of Experiments Links (ASQ)
Design of Experiments/Taguchi Approach
DOE Case Study-Bearing Design
Design of experiments (DOE)
Taguchi methods (TM) Quantifying Variability Using Contributions from Taguchi
Taguchi Methods: Robust Design, Design of Experiments
Taguchi Loss Function
Variability reduction (VR) Reducing Variation During Design
Variation
Process capability Process Validation Guidance
Methods and Tools for Process Validation
Process Capability
Process Capability
Optimize Existing Processes to Achieve Six Sigma Capability
Statistical Process Control - Control Charts
Tolerance design / Tolerance analysis Worst-Case Versus Statistical Tolerancing
A Comprehensive System for Computer-Aided Tolerance Analysis
Computer-Aided Tolerancing Systems Site Papers
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
3D Tolerance Management
Dimensional Management
Tolerance Analysis
Control Plans Control Plan Software
Control Plan Example & Software
Design for reliability Defining & Achieving the Reliability Culture
Designing for the Life Cycle
Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Program
Reliability Assurance
Design for Reliability
Design for Reliability
Reliability Technical Library
Failure Analysis / Root Cause Analysis The Process of Failure Analysis
Failure Analysis (FA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
The Value of Failure Analysis
Cost Payback for Failure Analysis
Understanding the When, Where & Why of Failures
Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) FMEA Software
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FMEA Information Center
Severity, Occurrence, and Detection Criteria for Design FMEA
History of FMEA
FMEA Definitions
Successful Product Launch - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FMEA Overview
FMEA Software
Anticipatory failure determination (AFD) The Experience of Anticipatory Failure Determination (AFD) Method Applied to an Engine Concern
Failure reporting & corrective action system (FRACAS) Failure Reporting & Corrective Action System
Fault tree analysis What is Fault Tree Analysis
Reliability prediction What is Reliability Prediction?
Reliability Prediction Models
Reliability Predictions
Reliability Modeling
Assessing Product Reliability
Human factors and ergonomics Usernomics
Introduction to Usability
Usability Methods
Human Factors Awareness Course (FAA)
Introduction to Human Factors in Medical Devices
Design for maintainability/serviceability Maintainability Engineering
Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Program
Maintainability Assessment
Maintainability Modeling
Design for Supportability
Design for safety / Hazard analysis Hazard Analysis in Engineering Design
Safety Factor
Design for the environment (DFE) Design for the Environment - Life Cycle Analysis
Life Cycle Analysis and Design
Introduction to Green Design
Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Assessment Case Study of a Business Telephone
Environmental Activities in Product Development at Samsung
Samsung Green Management System
Design For Environment (DFE)
DFE - Product Design and Optimisation
DFE - Materials and Recycling
Design for testability (DFT) Decreasing the Cost of Test with Automatic Test Pattern Generation

TECHNOLOGY
Data interchange When Data Transfer Goes Awry
Combating CAD File Translation
Solids Data Exchange: Anything But
Product Data Interoperability
Perfecting the Science of Interoperability
Standard for the exchange of product model data (STEP) STEP Parts and Documents
STEP on a Page
STEP Parts and Explanations
What is STEP
Product Data Representation and Exchange Standards
Product data management (PDM) / Product information management (PIM) / Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) PDM Information Center Articles
Product Data Management Guide
Data Management for the Masses
Product Lifecycle Management
Capabilities of the Product Data Management System
Product structure / bills of material Engineering Bill of Materials
NPD Document Management NPD Document Management
Collaborative product commerce Software Survey: Collaborative Product Commerce
Leveraging "Collaborative Product Commerce"
Groupware & workflow Groupware: Introduction
Groupware: Applications
Introduction to Workflow
Capabilities of the Workflow Management System
Collaborative computing Collaborative Software
How Web-Enabled Tools Can Help Optimize New Product Initiatives
Online Design
CAD Collaboration
Collaborative Software Tools: the Design Fast Track?
Customer Collaboration Counts
System engineering tools System Engineering Tools
Requirements Management Technology Overview
Requirements Management Tools
Specialty Engineering Tools
Computer-aided industrial design (CAID), modeling & rendering Computer-Aided Industrial Design as a Catalyst for Collaboration
Industrial Design And The Shape Of Things To Come
Mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) and solids modeling Computer-Aided Design
Solids Modeling
Map the Technology to the Need: Drafting vs. Wireframe vs. Surfacing vs. Solids
Migrating from 2D to 3D
To be or not to be Parametric? That is the question
Solid Modeling Tips
Understanding Variable-Driven Modeling
Why moving to solids makes sense
Assembly modeling / electronic mock-up / digital pre-assembly The Potential for Assembly Modeling in Product Development
Assembly Modeling for Product Design and Analysis
Visualization Visualization Technologies Overview
Visualization and Viewing Technology
Geometric dimensioning & tolerancing Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing: Why?
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
Electronic CAD (ECAD) CAD Group Publications
In Search of the Best Tools for DSP Design
Top-down design / Hardware-software co-design Software/Hardware Codesign
Bibliography of Hardware/Software Codesign
Computer-aided engineering (CAE) Pushing the Design Envelope with CAE
Simulation and analysis / Virtual Prototyping Analysis Overview
Virtual Prototyping Vs. Physical Prototyping
Functional Virtual Prototyping (Part 1)
Functional Virtual Prototyping (Part 2)
Virtual Products - Interactive Product Simulation Software
Finite element analysis (FEA) Finite Element Analysis Overview
New Ideas in Fatigue Analysis
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Computational Fluid Dynamics Overview
Kinematic and dynamic analysis Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis Overview
Visualizing Systems in Motion
Design optimization A Discussion on Modern Design Optimization Tools
Optimal Options
Multi-physics analysis Multiphysics - More than One Force of Nature
Solving for heat, stress, flow, and more
Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) Knowledge-Based Software
Computer-aided software engineering (CASE) Computer Aided Software Engineering
Rapid prototyping (RP) Rapid prototyping Rapid prototyping (SLA)
Growth Trends and Advances in Rapid Prototyping
Rapid tooling Rapid Tooling
Accuracy in Rapid Tooling
RT Moves Into a New Realm
Rapid manufacturing / free form fabrication Rapid Production: Key Barriers to Growth
Direct Rapid Manufacturing - Is it Possible?
Rapid Manufacturing
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
CNC Machining — Move your Model to Metal
Feature Recognition—The Missing Link To Automated CAM
Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) Computer-Aided Process Planning
CAPP Papers
The Analysis of Methods for Computer-Aided Process Planning
Integrated Approach in Computer-Aided Process Planning
Computer-Aided Process Planning
Generative System for Manufacturing Process Planning
Product configurators Product Configurators: Key Enablers for Mass Customization
Configurators: A Status Report
Information System Support for Configurable Products
Product Configurator Links and Software
Computer-aided inspection and test (CAIT) How 3D Scanning Technology Impacts Product Development
Improve Your On-Machine Inspection Accuracy
CMM Programming Saves Time and Money
Computer-Aided Inspection Promises Big Savings
Reverse engineering What Is Reverse Engineering?
A Methodology for Reverse Engineering
Reverse Engineering: An Overview of the Options
Component supplier management (CSM) Component Supplier Management White Paper
NPD project/process management system PD-Trak System
Are You Ready to Web-Enable Your NPD Process?
Web-Enabling the Stage-Gate Process
How Web-Enabled Tools Can Help Optimize New Product Initiatives

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