What is the importance of marketing input in the product realization process?
As part of PRG's Ask the Expert series,Michael Keer tells us how marketing and market analysis play in product realization.
The Hidden Challenges of Agile in Hardware Development: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
In the fast-paced world of technology and manufacturing, one of the biggest challenges hardware companies face is managing New Product Introduction (NPI) processes. A common misconception is that simply applying an Agile template used in software production to hardware production will solve all problems, but without thoughtful consideration, it's a recipe for disaster.
10 Best Practices for Managing Hardware Development Risk
In an increasingly competitive market, the need to bring superior products to market swiftly, cost-effectively, and with minimal risk is paramount. This article presents a summary of the top ten best practices for managing risk in hardware development.
What is Design for Excellence’s (DFX) role in product commercialization?
As part of PRG's Ask the Expert series, Allen Adolph and David Graham give opinions on the role DFX plays in designing your product for scale versus prototype.
10 Critical Warning Signs Your New Product Development is at Risk
In the world of hardware new product introduction, a broken process can have severe consequences, jeopardizing the success of a product launch and hurting the reputation of a company. So, it is crucial to understand the warning signs that a process is disfunctional. Whether it's slipping schedules, exceeding budgets, or missing requirements, recognizing the signs allows teams to intervene in time.
How can an Agile methodology be part of the Hardware Product Development Process?
As part of PRG's Ask the Expert series, Jay Feldis gives an opinion on the benefits that come from using an agile hardware development process over the more traditional waterfall process.
Why have supply chain issues been a steady problem since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic?
As part of PRG's Ask the Expert series, Howard Edelman answers how supply chain issues have affected hardware product development.
Exposing the Truth: How Withholding Information in the Workplace Hurts Product Launches
One major problem that often plagues companies is what can be termed the "silent lie." This practice involves individuals within an organization misrepresenting the truth and presenting a more favorable impression or obfuscating bad news.
Iterating to Success: A First Principles Design Methodology
In the first part of this series, we explained the benefits of Knowledge-Driven Product Development (KDPD), a way to blend analytical and empirical data to arrive at a more complete, objective, understanding of the design. In this part, we break down the individual steps as a team might experience them in the real work. In this part, we break down the individual steps as a team might [...]
Iterating to Success: A First Principles Design Methodology
There is a spectrum of product development methodologies with two in particular that we would like to compare and contrast: Design By Analogy (DBA); and Knowledge Driven Product Development (KDPD). DBA is a “feel good” approach that satisfies one of the very basic tenets of good engineering, namely “don’t reinvent the wheel”.
Why is the leading cause of new product delays compliance failure?
Proactively address compliance failure to keep your product on track. Michael Keer explains how as part of PRG's Ask the Expert series.
14. How to get from idea to scale
We've explored the crucial stages of design, planning, development, as well as controlled introduction. Now, we arrive at the pivotal point of Volume Manufacturing, where we will learn how it can be leveraged to increase efficiency, improve quality and lower costs to effectively scale your business.
