Product development brings with it many misconceptions about what the process is truly like and how to ensure you're getting the most out of those you've hired to help. Be it product design, ...

Product development may be understood generically as all the things that happen from the initial conception or invention of a product to the point when a product is launched into the market. It can ...

People not involved on the inside of product development tend to have relatively little insight into the subtle ins-and-outs of what goes into the development process. Often, people think things are ...

This is a one (1) unit course. The ability to develop new products and bring them successfully to market is a critical capability for all companies. Often there is insufficient attention paid to the ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

If you design equipment or processes for the apparel, food or consumer packaged goods industries, you know that your customers’ success depends on staying ahead of the latest trends. This requirement ...

Product development programs meet two types of measurable goals – goals that relate to the product itself and goals that integrate product development with broader business goals. Product-related ...

Integrating your major suppliers into the new product development process can shorten development times and reduce risk. A strategy to perform such an integration effectively has to ensure suppliers ...

Ryan Gray is co-founder and CEO of SGW Designworks, a full-service product development and engineering firm featured in The Lean Startup. In all things worth pursuing, there exists the ever-present ...