Next Generation Product Development How to Increase Productivity, Cut Costs, and Reduce Cycle Times

by McGrath, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780071435123
• ISBN10: 0071435123
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

A Hands-on manager's guide to making the most of today's product development breakthroughsA quarter century after MRP first transformed the global manufacturing arena,Next Generation Product Developmentstands poised to similarly impact new product development. This movement-defining book gives R&D professionals an in-depth explanation of the ways in which companies are able to achieve substantially higher levels of development productivity, while better aligning product development with strategy through new practices and systems.Processes explored inNext Generation Product Development, and enabled by cutting-edge new-enterprise software, promise to explode the possibilities of what product development professionals can accomplish. This hands-on practitioner's guidebook will: Establish a common set of frameworks and concepts Introduce new project portfolio and product strategy management practices Help R&D professionals increase productivity by 30 to 50 percent

Author Biography

Michael McGrath (Waltham, MA) is a worldrenowned expert on product development and strategy. Cofounder of global management consultants Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath, he led the firm's development of the now widely adopted Product And Cycle-time Excellence® (PACE®) methodology.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xvii
Introduction
Previous Generations and the Promise of the New	p. 3
The R&D Productivity Generation	p. 23
Resource Management
Improving R&D Productivity through Increased Capacity Utilization	p. 49
Stages of Maturity in Resource Management	p. 69
Stage 1--Short-Term Utilization Management	p. 83
Stage 2--Medium-Term Resource Capacity Planning and Management	p. 99
Stage 3--Project Resource Requirements Planning and Management	p. 119
Stage 4--Fully Integrated Resource Management	p. 139
Project Management
Stages of Project Management	p. 153
Enterprise Project Planning and Control Process	p. 161
Networked Project Teams	p. 181
Enhanced Phase-Review Management	p. 203
Integrated Financial Planning and Project Budgeting for New Products	p. 215
Distributed Program Management	p. 243
Collaborative Development Management	p. 259
Context-Based Knowledge Management	p. 277
Portfolio Management and Product Strategy
Stages of Portfolio Management and Product Strategy	p. 295
Dynamic Portfolio and Pipeline Management	p. 309
Comprehensive Financial Management of R&D	p. 323
Integrated Product Strategy Process	p. 337
Conclusion
Getting Started	p. 353
Endnotes	p. 359
Glossary	p. 361
Index	p. 365
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