Product Development Course
This course provides an overview of the way manufacturers respond to changes in the market, and advances in technology, by developing new products to meet their customers’ needs.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the importance of product development and the strategies behind bringing new products to market.
- Recognize how documentation supports product development activities.
- Identify the teams involved in these activities and their main responsibilities.
- Recall details of the business challenges affecting product development and recognize how companies address these issues.
Course Content
- Development Concepts
- Introduction
- Product Development
- Sustaining and Disruptive Technologies
- Product Development Drivers
- Knowledge Check
- Key Activities
- Introduction
- Strategy
- Development Phases
- Portfolio Management
- Performance Metrics
- Knowledge Check
- The Development Organization
- Introduction
- Product Development Roles
- Other Key Roles
- Organizational Efficiency
- Knowledge Check
- Product Information
- Introduction
- Multiple Parts and Ingredients
- Multiple Parts and Ingredients continued
- Other Key Concerns
- Managing Change
- Knowledge Check
- Trends
- Introduction
- The Digital Era
- Reducing Time-to-Market
- Reducing Design Phase Risks
- Protecting Intellectual Property
- Knowledge Check
- Final Assessment