The Product Development Forum, sponsored by DRM Associates and PD-Trak Solutions, provides a source of information on new product development (NPD); concurrent engineering (CE), integrated product development (IPD), and integrated product & process development (IPPD) practices; integrated product teams (IPT); management processes including portfolio management, pipeline management and project management; development methods such as VOC, QFD, DFM/A, target costing, etc., and product development best practices. Use the NPD Body of Knowledge as a topical index with links to resources and information. Use the search capability or select from the following resources, papers and topics:

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Product Development Resources

New Product Development Body of Knowledge
New Product Development Glossary
Principles of Integrated Product Development
IPPD Definition and Tenets
Product Development Training
Product Development Metrics

Improving the Product Development Process

Benchmarking Best Practices to Improve Product Development
Benchmarking for Product Development
Characterizing and Improving the Product Development Process
Control Your Process with Stage-Gates and Design Reviews
Guidelines for Reengineering Business Processes and Procedures
Implementing Integrated Product Development Practices: Lessons Learned
Improving Time-to-Market Through Planning and Resource Management
Reengineering the Product Development Process
A Strategic Approach to Product & Process Development
Product Development Strategic Orientation
Critical Chain Method of Project Management
Systems Engineering
Product Launch
Configuration Management & Engineering Change Control

Portfolio Management, Pipeline Management & Project Management

Portfolio Management
Improving Time-to-Market Through Planning and Resource Management
Critical Chain Method of Project Management
Use Overtime as a Last Resort
Kill Canceled Projects

Customer Focus and Product Planning

Customer-Focused Development with Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Quality Function Deployment: What, Why & How?
Integrating QFD and FAST
Product Definition
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Methodology
QFD & Target Cost Case Study
Steps for Performing QFD
Voice of the Customer (VOC)
Focus Groups
Customer Interviews
Assessing the Feasibility of a New Product
Concept Development and Selection
Aligning Technology Development with Customer Needs

Product Development Organizational Issues

Building Effective Product Development Teams
Enabling Product Development Teams with Collocation
Management Leadership: A Prerequisite for Improving Product Development
Team Leader Responsibilities
Team Charter
Team Groundrules
Effective Team Member Communication
Effective Meetings
Consensus Decision-Making
Collaboration

Design Optimization

Achieving Target Cost / Design to Cost Objectives
Design-to-Cost
Target Costing
Value Analysis and FAST
Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Imperative
Design for Manufacturability Guidelines
Design for the Life Cycle (Testability, Reliability & Maintainability, etc.)
Design for the Environment
Advanced Product Quality Planning
Design for Six Sigma
Process Capability for Product Design
Robust Design Through Design of Experiments
Reducing Variation During Design
Variability Reduction
Quantifying Variability Using Contributions from Taguchi
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Anticipatory Failure Determination (AFD)
Mistake-Proofing Design

Product Development Technology

Design Automation Requirements to Support Integrated Product Development
NPD Process Tools
Product Data Management
Collaborative Computing Technology
Rapid Prototyping
Product Configurators
Computer-Aided Process Planning
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP-ISO 10303)
Product Structure and Bills of Material Automating Product Development with PD-Trak

Other Product Development Resources:

Bad Human Factors Design Examples
Better Product Design Tools & Techniques
CAD/CAM Net
Center for Innovation in Product Development - Archives
Desktop Engineering Magazine
Design News Online
Dilbert
EE Design
Electronic Design Magazine
BAI Engineering Resources
The Engineers' Club - Online Resources
IEEE Engineering Management Society
Journal of Product Innovation Management Online
Machine Design Magazine
Manufacturing Net-Design
MCAD Cafe & Engineering Process Journal
Mechanical Engineering
Mexican Society of Concurrent Engineering
Modern Machine Shop
PDM Information Center
Professional Pricing Society Whitepapers
Product Development Management Association
Rapid News
Research & Development Magazine
Society of Concurrent Product Development
Time Compression Technologies
Weibull.com: Resources for the Reliability Professional

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Last updated September 14, 2004

Events

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Product Portfolio Management: Maximizing NPD Value
Presented by: Kenneth Crow, President, DRM Associates & Principal, PD-Trak Solutions

Companies face the challenge of how to determine which new product development projects to undertake and how to maximize the value of these R&D investments. The same portfolio management concepts used for years in the financial field can be applied to product development to maximize the value of new product development activities. The specific goals of product portfolio management are: (1) maximize the value of the product portfolio, (2) seek balance in the portfolio, and (3) keep portfolio projects strategically aligned. Learn practical methods for an integrated portfolio approach to planning new products. There is no cost to participate. Originally Broadcast on Friday, October 1, 2004

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Click here to listen to the Ken Crow audio conference. Please note that the file is approximately 8Mb.

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