NPD Process-in-a-Box™
PD-Trak™ provides an NPD Process-in-a-Box™. This new product
development process is based on 270 best practices and the experience of
many major companies that the developers have consulted with over a
twenty year period. The NPD process which is also embedded in PD-Trak™:
 | Utilizes a stage/ phase-gate process
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| Incorporates design reviews for verification
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| Focuses on understanding customer needs as a basis for product
specifications
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| Emphasizes establishing and achieving target costs
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| Incorporates good project management practices
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| Is oriented to compliance with quality management practices
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| Emphasizes collaboration of a multi-functional product team |
This process can be adopted as-is for a company that needs to
overhaul and improve its development process or it can be adapted to the
organization's current development process.
NPD Process-in-a-Box™ consists of the following elements:
| A defined set of stages and gates
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| A task breakdown and deliverable document associated with each
stage or phase. The Task Plan tool provides the primary means to
define the process, deliverables and responsibilities and link to
the various project documents and tools (see Task Plans for more
information on this process definition tool).
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| A set of templates for the deliverable documents to support the
process along with guidance how to prepare each document
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| A set of Product Development Tools to support the development
process including Bills of Material, Quality Function Deployment,
Target Costing, Design for Assembly, Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis, and Control Plans
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| Two project management planning and statusing alternatives
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| Agendas and guidelines for gate reviews and design reviews |
The process shown below is the basis for the NPD-Process-in-a-Box.
However, this process can be readily modified to your organization's
process requirements and terminology. Process-in-a-Box is available for
new hardware products, software products and service products.
In addition to the process definition, NPD Process-in-a-Box includes
the following specific tools and document templates for hardware
products (similar tools and document templates are available for
software and service products):
- Project Brief
- Budget and Schedule Worksheet
- Financial Justification Worksheet
- Risk Management Plan
- Action Item Register
- Team Member Contact List
- Task Plans (process description of tasks and deliverables by
phase)
- Advance Quality Plan Template
- Competitive Assessment Template
- Customer Support Plan Template
- Field Assessment Plan Template
- Market Definition and Forecast Template
- Market Launch Plan Template
- Product Definition Template
- Program Plan Template
- Voice of the Customer Plan Template
- Meeting Agenda & Minutes Template
- Product Roadmap
- Quality Function Deployment Tool
- Radar chart Tool
- Trip Report Template
- Stakeholder Analysis Tool
- Gate Review Planner
For further information, please contact us
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