Certified Product Development Professional Workshop

This five day workshop prepares the attendee to take the Certified Product Development Professional Examination. The workshop is 4.5 days in duration with the exam being given on the afternoon of the fifth day.

  1. Product Development Process
  • Phase and Objectives
  • Key Activities
  • Gate Reviews
  1. Project Organization
  • Matrix Organization
  • Functional Roles and Responsibilities
  • Cross-Functional Product Teams
  • Team Operation
  • Team Collaboration & Communication
  • Team Decision-Making
  1. Voice of the Customer (VOC)
  • Market Definition
  • Kano Model and Types of Customer Needs
  • Customer Types
  • Planning VOC Research
  • Customer Input
  • Primary & Secondary Market Research
  • Survey Methods and Construction
  • Customer Interviews
  • Focus Groups
  • Ethnography and Contextual Inquiry
  • Other Sources of Customer Input
  • Conjoint Analysis
  • Organizing Customer Data
  • Prototypes & User Feedback
  1. Product Planning & Requirements Definition
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Target Costing
  • Requirements Definition Methods
  • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
  • Requirements Flow-down
  • Requirements Management
  1. Concept Development
  • System Engineering Principles
  • Architectural Principles
  • Creativity Techniques – Brainstorming and Other Techniques
  • Modeling and System Analysis
  • Intellectual Property Considerations
  • Concept Evaluation
  1. Project Planning and Feasibility
  • Planning Development Tasks
  • Estimating Effort & Resources
  • Incremental (Rolling) Planning
  • Monitoring Project Status
  • Project Business Case
  • Gate Review Preparation
  1. Optimizing Design – Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
  • Simplification and Standardization
  • Mistake-Proofing
  • Design for Assembly
  • Design for Manufacturability – Fabrication
  • Tolerances
  • Process Design
  • Early Manufacturing Involvement
  • Supplier Sourcing
  • Early Supplier Involvement
  1. Optimizing Design – Design to Cost (DTC)
  • Target Cost Allocation
  • Cost Estimating
  • Target Cost Tracking
  • Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE)
  • Responsibilities
  1. Optimizing Design – Design for Reliability (DFR)
  • Reliability Goals
  • Design for Reliability Principles
  • Reliability Modeling
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems
  1. Optimizing Design – Design for Serviceability (DFS) & Support
  • Design for Diagnosability
  • Design for Disassembly and Service
  • Spare Parts Planning and Logistics
  1. Optimizing Design – Design for Safety
  • Regulatory Requirements
  • Design for Safety Principles
  • Hazard Analysis
  1. Design of Experiments (DOE)
  • Application
  • Parameter Selection
  • Fractional Factorial Experiments
  • Taguchi Methods
  • Interpreting Experimental Results
  1. Production Preparation
  • Process Capability
  • Tooling and Equipment
  • Production Preparation Process (3P)
  • Process FMEA
  • Supplier Partnership and Collaboration
  • Supplier Qualification
  • Materials Planning and Procurement
  • Inspection and Testing
  • Control Plans
  1. Design Verification and Validation
  • Verification Methods
  • Design Reviews
  • Design Validation
  • Process Validation
  • Regulatory Requirements and Certification
  1. Product Launch
  • Product Launch Planning
  • Advertising and Promotion
  • Sales Channels and Pipeline Filling
  • Customer Support
  • Product Improvement after Launch