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.
Product Development Process
Phase and Objectives
Key Activities
Gate Reviews
Project Organization
Matrix Organization
Functional Roles and Responsibilities
Cross-Functional Product Teams
Team Operation
Team Collaboration & Communication
Team Decision-Making
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
Product Planning & Requirements Definition
Competitive Analysis
Target Costing
Requirements Definition Methods
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Requirements Flow-down
Requirements Management
Concept Development
System Engineering Principles
Architectural Principles
Creativity Techniques – Brainstorming and Other Techniques
Modeling and System Analysis
Intellectual Property Considerations
Concept Evaluation
Project Planning and Feasibility
Planning Development Tasks
Estimating Effort & Resources
Incremental (Rolling) Planning
Monitoring Project Status
Project Business Case
Gate Review Preparation
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
Optimizing Design – Design to Cost (DTC)
Target Cost Allocation
Cost Estimating
Target Cost Tracking
Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE)
Responsibilities
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
Optimizing Design – Design for Serviceability (DFS) & Support