DM 784Product Development Planning and Execution

This course deals with the effective product development project management. The scope is multidisciplinary: we will cover both the analytical (quantitative) and qualitative aspects of how to best run product development projects. It introduces concepts that a development project manager of engineering should know about. It only briefly covers how to manage the whole product design development process. * Linking project selection to technology strategy * How to screen and select projects * How to monitor and review their progress * Resource allocation among projects, timing and links, concurrent engineering * How to staff and lead projects * When to kill a project * Post-project review and learning