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05.10.21 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, New Product Development, NPD Process, NPD Teams, Project Management

Four Elements of Great Teams

We work in teams because teams accomplish more, have higher creativity, and bring more satisfaction to workers.  However, since we work in groups so often, we often fail to build… Read More

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03.15.21 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, New Product Development, NPD Process, Project Management

Risk Management in Innovation

When I was a new engineer, I first heard the phrase “manage the risk.”   I don’t think I really understood the meaning of the statement because it felt like my… Read More

10.13.20 Engineering Management, Innovation, New Product Development, NPD Process

Wagile Activities

Wagile is a hybrid product innovation process using a combination of features from traditional staged-and-gated processes and the Agile philosophy.  We take the “W-” from the waterfall systems that emphasize… Read More

06.10.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, Market Research, New Product Development, NPD Process, NPD Teams, NPDP Certification, Project Management, Strategy, Tools and Metrics

Is Your Innovation System Healthy?

Recently, a family friend underwent a total hip replacement surgery – at the age of 87!  He said he had no pain, but his mobility was becoming severely limited.  My… Read More

03.13.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, New Product Development, NPD Process, NPD Teams

3 Components of Lean NPD

Toyota introduced the lean manufacturing system over 40 years ago.  Lean is a quality management philosophy that eliminates waste to increase predictability and reliability of the final product.  This, in… Read More

06.18.18 New Product Development, NPD Process, NPD Teams, NPDP Certification, Project Management

“Wagile” in New Product Development

New product introductions fail at an amazingly high rate – about half of all new products commercialized fail to meet sales targets.  In some cases, customers like the product features,… Read More

05.07.18 Innovation, Market Research, New Product Development, NPD Process, NPDP Certification

What is Your Business Orientation?

Being successful in business means determining a strategy and following that strategy to execute flawless operations.  There are infinite choices of strategies from which a firm might select – some… Read More

05.19.16 Innovation, NPD Process, Tools and Metrics

Design Thinking

“Design thinking” is an emerging topic in new product development (NPD).  Many of the principles will be familiar to New Product Development Professionals (NPDPs) yet the packaging of the concepts… Read More

04.07.16 New Product Development, NPD Process

Lean Innovation Cycle

The lean movement is based on reducing waste and improving value-added activities.  In lean manufacturing, for example, removing process bottlenecks and increasing quality eliminate waste and add value for the… Read More

01.28.16 Innovation, New Product Development, NPD Process, Project Management

Project Management in Innovation

By definition, projects are temporary in nature, require a skilled cross-functional team, and produce commercially valuable goods and services. Developing a new product certainly meets the definition of a project… Read More

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