Today's competitive marketplace demands high quality and a fast track from drawing board to finished product. This guide shows how companies can gain a competitive edge by applying powerful project management tools to the product development process. The authors focus on speed to market, quality management, profitability, and multifunctional teamwork. They provide tools for handling the technical concerns of project development and maintenance, as well as people-related issues such as team motivation and the demands of top management. Particular attention is given to saving time and...

The product development process begins with the creation of ideas that match or predict the market's needs. It continues on through the concurrent engineering and design for manufacturing stages where input comes from outside vendors and customers as well as other departments within the organization. It ends with Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery of a quality product to the customer ahead of the competition. It is this last idea that the Rosenau's book focuses on: the faster the idea generation and the movement from that idea to product launch, the faster sales income is generated for the...

The Fourth Edition of this internationally bestseller details the quick and easy way to master the basics of project management. Using a lively, conversational style, project management gurus Mickey Rosenau and Gregory Githens equip readers with fundamental principles and "tested-in-the-trenches" techniques for managing projects in any type of organization. They arm readers with easy-to-use tools for resolving any technical, mechanical, or personnel problem that may arise over the course of a project and break project management down into twenty-two chronological steps. Extensively...