The PDMA ToolBook 2 for New Product Development: 1 (Product Development and Management ToolBooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471479411 ISBN 13: 9780471479413

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Synopsis

This book covers all aspects of product development, from the creation of the concept through development and design to the final production, marketing, and service. The contributors are members of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) and come from such firms as 3M, KPMG Peat Marwick, AT&T, Ingersoll-Rand, and Oscar Mayer. The perfect follow-up to the successful handbook by the same organization.

About this title

About the Author

PAUL BELLIVEAU is Principal at Paul Belliveau Associates in Westfield, New Jersey.
ABBIE GRIFFIN is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
STEPHEN M. SOMERMEYER is a Relationship Manager at YourEncore in Indianapolis, Indiana.

From the Back Cover

The new volume of an esteemed guide to best practices in new product development

The Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), the leading professional organization for new product development (NPD), presents the second volume of its highly regarded reference on the tools for successful NPD. Complementing the first volume s focus on NPD process tools, ToolBook 2 reflects the heightened interest in strategic and organizational development and understanding consumer needs. Key innovators in NPD offer best-practice tools that can be implemented immediately by project leaders, process owners, and program and portfolio managers in their own organizations.

ToolBook 2 provides cross-functional coverage of such topics as:

• Enhancing the learning ability and creativity of an organization
• Better understanding customer needs and tailoring NPD to these needs
• Determining the economic value of products and services
• Enabling customers to design their own products
• Integrating new information technology tools into NPD
• Using mapping tools for planning and portfolio decision-making

With sections devoted to organizational issues, the fuzzy front end (FFE), managing the process, and portfolio and pipeline management, ToolBook 2 is an indispensable resource for NPD professionals.

The Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), the leading professional organization for new product development (NPD), presents the second volume of its highly regarded reference on the tools for successful NPD. Complementing the first volume’s focus on NPD process tools, ToolBook 2 reflects the heightened interest in strategic and organizational development and understanding consumer needs. Key innovators in NPD offer best-practice tools that can be implemented immediately by project leaders, process owners, and program and portfolio managers in their own organizations.

ToolBook 2 provides cross-functional coverage of such topics as:

• Enhancing the learning ability and creativity of an organization
• Better understanding customer needs and tailoring NPD to these needs
• Determining the economic value of products and services
• Enabling customers to design their own products
• Integrating new information technology tools into NPD
• Using mapping tools for planning and portfolio decision-making

With sections devoted to organizational issues, the fuzzy front end (FFE), managing the process, and portfolio and pipeline management, ToolBook 2 is an indispensable resource for NPD professionals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471479411
• ISBN 13: 9780471479413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Belliveau Paul, Griffin Abbie, Somermeyer Stephen