1. BEST PRACTICES OF IPD

• Integrated Product Development - Achievements by Industry
• Applying Best Practices: A Framework of 250 Best Practices for Product Development

2. PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY

• Integrating Product Planning & Business Strategy
• Technology Management & Deployment
• Impact of Time-to Market & Determining the Appropriate IPD Emphasis

3. ORGANIZING FOR IPD

• Best Management Practices
  • Effectively Empowering Teams
  • Re-orienting Performance Appraisals & Reward Systems
• Establishing Appropriate Policies & Manpower Levels for Early Involvement
• Best Practices for Product Development Teams (PDT's)
  • Managing & Supporting Teams
  • Integrating Multiple Teams
  • Practical Approaches to Collocation
  • "Internal" & "External" Factors Affecting Team Success
  • Team Leader Responsibilities
  • Effective Team Collaboration and Decision-Making
  • Team Development and Training
• Integrating Suppliers/Subcontractors
• Assessing Organizational & Team Effectiveness

4. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

• Empowered Project Management & Resourcing the Critical Path
• Development Process Integration
• Best Practices for Managing the Development Process
  • Establishing a Repeatable (vs. Ad-Hoc) Development Process
  • Creating Process Flexibility with a Common Baseline Process
• Improving the Development Process with Process Re-engineering
• Performance Measurement & Metrics

5. CUSTOMER-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT

• Understanding the Voice of the Customer - A Starting Point
• Requirements & Specifications Management
• Quality Function Deployment (QFD) - Translating Customer Requirements into Product & Process Requirements
• QFD Process & Examples
• Effectively Using QFD
• Effective Customer Involvement in Product Development

6. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

• A Design for Manufacturability/ Assembly (DFM/A) Framework
  • Ten Rules for DFM/A with Examples
  • Manufacturing Responsibilities
  • Determining Process Capabilities & Developing Guidelines
  • DFM/A Analysis Tools
• Robust Design - Design of Experiments (DOE) and Taguchi Quality Engineering
• Addressing Reliability, Maintainability, Testability and Other Factors
• Design to Cost/Target Costing
  • Establishing a Development Process Oriented to Managing Costs
  • Using Product Cost Models to Guide Development Decisions
  • Improved Cost Accounting for Product and Process Development

7. ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

• Using a Common Digital Product Model
  • Product Data Standards (STEP)
  • Product Data Management
• Integrated CAD/CAE Tools to Support CE/IPD Objectives
  • Solid Modeling, Assembly Modeling & Digital Pre-Assembly
  • Analysis-Driven Design
  • Top-Down Design
  • Rapid Prototyping
• Knowledge Organization & Re-Use
  • Embedded Design Rules
  • Knowledge-Based Engineering
  • Parametrics & Libraries
  • Lessons Learned Systems
• Integrating Design and Manufacturing
• Avoiding Technology Pitfalls

8. IMPLEMENTATION - MAKING IT HAPPEN

• Assessing Your Product Development Process Against the Best Practices
• Developing an Overall Improvement Plan
• Creating a IPD Environment
• Overcoming Implementation Pitfalls
• Summary of Participant Issues