DM 784Product Development Planning and Execution
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Design and Manufacturing
DM 784 as listed in the Fall 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
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
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Antirequisites
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