Archive for April, 2008

New Product Development: Creating High Performing Teams

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Harvey Robbins talks about one of the critical ingredients for high performing new product development teams. He explains the characteristics of each of the personality styles and how to meet their expectations.
 
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New Product Development: Using NPD Screening Tools

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

In this video, Harvey Robbins interviews Rob Beachy on the importance of using objective screening tools to prioritize products in your new product development process. Rob gives examples of the kinds of tools he recommends to his clients. While there are a variety of screening tools Rob discusses here, it is important to note that […]

New Product Development: Establishing a Sound Process

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

In this video, Harvey Robbins continues to interview Rob Beachy on the requirements for creating an effective overall new product development process, the importance of a strategic process and how to define the necessary communication links. Rob discusses some of the options that great companies use to develop this strategic process for new product development, […]

New Product Development: The Voice of the Customer

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

In this video, Harvey Robbins continues interviewing Rob Beachy (an expert in New Product Development) on how to discover the Voice of the Customer; one of the most important steps in the five-step process to creating an effective new product development culture.

Most of the product failures that are documented find that lack of a clear […]

New Product Development: The Product Innovation Charter

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

In this video, Harvey Robbins interviews Rob Beachy (a noted New Product Development expert) on the five characteristics that represent the best New Product Development process. In it, Rob talks about the difficulties of the “fuzzy front end” and the need to have a direction using such tools as the Process Innovation Charter (PIC) and […]

Broadcast of New Product Development Solutions for Innovation Crisis on Webcast

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Two internationally renowned business experts, Rob Beachy, an expert in New Product Development process, and Dr. Harvey Robbins, a licensed psychologist and team building expert, are collaborating to present a ground breaking New Product Development webcast at 3.30pm CST on Thursday, April 17th, 2008. The webcast will help solve the innovation crisis that is currently […]

Gate Jumping: Zero Risk Accelerated New Product Development

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

There is a zero risk way to accelerate product development and it improves productivity saving time and resources and it’s free! Most New Product Development processes have stages or gates but the best processes have a secret to accelerating new product development by permitting any project to ENTER the process at the stage or the […]