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This chapter sets you on the path towards being ready for agile hardware product development.

This chapter concludes the discussion on applying agile methodologies to your hardware development process.

This chapter explores the first part of a practical look at how to apply agile methodologies to your hardware development process.

In this chapter, the differences between Agile Hardware and Agile Software are explored to help you apply agile techniques to a hardware development workflow.

In this chapter the effects of the market on your product are discussed, what you think is the best version of your idea may be influenced by many factors in the markets you believe you can sell it to.

In the previous chapter, the concepts of agile hardware product realization were introduced along with the idea of the ten best practices. Before diving into the details of these, there are a few basics to understand. In this chapter Product Realization will be defined at a high level as well as the ideas behind a New Product Development Introduction (sometimes written as NPDI) framework.

On a recent walk with Bob Machlin, Founder and Principal Consultant of GenAI Ignite, we discussed how AI is reshaping both operations and business growth for product development and manufacturing companies.

Last week, I had the pleasure of a rejuvenating walk on West Cliff with Dan Freeman, Director of Hardware Engineering at Universal Audio, and Daniel Bacon, Strategic Account Executive at Arena by PTC. We shared stories, insights, and perspectives on community, product development, and the evolving role of AI.

Last year, a staggering 78% of businesses reported using AI (Stanford AI Index). This wave of adoption is transforming every sector and hardware is no exception. Agile product realization is entering a new era, where AI has the power to accelerate, streamline, and reshape how products go from concept to market. In this series, we’ll dive into insights from the soon-to-be-released updated book [...]

I recently enjoyed a walk on West Cliff with Charles Koontz, Co-founder of Monarch Energy, and his son Spencer Koontz, who is preparing to enter a workforce being rapidly transformed by AI.

I recently enjoyed a walk along West Cliff with William Mintun, former Co-founder of b8ta and former Principal Customer Experience Engineer at Humane. William shared his insights on the importance of Customer Experience (CX) in hardware product development

I recently walked with Ronald Westhauser, the former COO at Redaptive, an Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. We discussed the evolving world of AI.