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Название: Product Development
Автор: David V. Tennant
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited
Жанр: Техническая литература
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Product Development
An Engineer’s Guide to Business Considerations, Real-World Product Testing, and Launch
David V. Tennant
Windward Consulting Group, Virginia, USA
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Table of Contents
1 Cover
6 1 Introduction to Product DevelopmentProject Management and Product DevelopmentWhat Is Product Development?How This Book Is Organized
7 2 The Role of Marketing in Product DevelopmentCorporate Strategy – Strategic PlanningMarketing, Sales, and the Four PsThe 1st P – ProductExample of Product DisplacementThe 2nd P – PromotionThe 3rd P – PricingThe 4th P – PlacementThe Business CaseThe Roles of Marketing and Engineering in Product DevelopmentMarketing ServicesNew Product Development and Market Economics: The Future of Electric Trucks vs Costs and Public Policy
8 3 The Role of the Engineering Group in Product DevelopmentDriving Products – the Engineering PerspectiveEngineering DisciplinesThe Engineering ProcessErgonomics (Human Factors Engineering)Additional Design Considerations – Product LiabilityGovernment Oversight – Consumer Protection in the United StatesDiscussion Case 3.1 – Lawsuit over Hot CoffeeDesign Challenges – Product MisuseProblems with Product Development
9 4 The Core Team and Teamwork in Product DevelopmentThe Executive’s Role in Product DevelopmentWorking Within the Strategic PlanProject Management ProcessesWho Should Be Involved in Product Development?Constraint on Product Development: A Note about Sarbanes-Oxley and Publicly Held CompaniesEssentials of Teamwork and Communications across Functional LinesProject/Product CommunicationBudgets, Schedules, and Miscellaneous Small TasksLeadership in Product DevelopmentHow Do Leaders Go Wrong?The Roles of Accounting and FinanceDecision Points and Net Present Value (NPV)The Bigger PictureDriving Product DevelopmentWorking in Silos and with StakeholdersIdentifying Stakeholders
10 5 Getting Started – Project Approved: Product/Project Management and EngineeringTaking the Business Case from Concept to RealityBasic ResearchApplied ResearchProject Management in Product DevelopmentWhy Do Projects Fail?Traditional and Agile Project ManagementSample Project Plan – Detailed Table of ContentsA True Case Study - Company Dysfunction and a Lack of Project ManagementDeveloping and Controlling Scope – Using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)Developing a Budget and Cash FlowsAgile PMThe Vision StatementAgile Hybrid in Action – Marketing Natural Gas in the Southeastern United States: Gas South, A True StoryDiscussion Case 5.1 – A True Story: Product Development Without Project Management
11 6 Product Development for Small Firms and EntrepreneursFunding for Your Start-Up: A Necessary IngredientLoans from the Bank and Small Business Administration (SBA)Funding from Venture CapitalistsFunding by Issuing Shares of StockFunding with Angel InvestorsOther Sources of Business and Financial AssistanceSummary on Product Development and Sources of FundingSmall Firm ChallengesLack of Structured PlanningMarketing Message Not Strong or ClearLegal and Regulatory ObstaclesUse of a Product RoadmapInnovationWhen (Or If) to Patent
12 7 Manufacturing the New ProductThe State of ManufacturingNew Manufacturing Advances