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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:

Product Development Resources

New Product Development Body of Knowledge
New Product Development Glossary
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
Optimizing Cost, Risk & Time-to-Market with a Gate Review Process
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

Other Product Development Resources:

Bad Human Factors Design Examples
Better Product Design Tools & Techniques
Center for Innovation in Product Development - Archives
Desktop Engineering Magazine
Dictionary of TQM Terms
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
Modern Machine Shop
PDM Information Center
Product Design & Development
Professional Pricing Society Whitepapers
Product Development Management Association
Rapid News
Real Innovation Research & Development Magazine
Society of Concurrent Product Development
Time Compression Technologies
TRIZ Journal

For Further Information:

Contact Kenneth Crow, DRM Associates, 2613 Via Olivera, Palos Verdes, CA 90274, USA, telephone: +1 310-377-5569, fax: +1 310-377-1315, email: k.crow@npd-solutions.com

Last updated May 3, 2007

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