Together, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) invest hundreds of billions of dollars each year to develop and ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

Product development (“PD”) is a core competency for any product-oriented company, whether a Fortune 100 firm, a small engineering business, or a technology-based startup. Commercializing innovative ...

Developing a new product for your small business requires you to spend money on research, design and other related costs. Under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, a business must ...

Consumer product development scientists use principles of chemistry, physics and engineering to study and develop products that range from food and personal care items to medicine and medical ...

This represents a waterfall type of approach to project planning, where one phase flows into the other. It works well for certain industries such as construction and manufacturing, but it is less ...

Two years ago, I was just starting to raise a second round of capital to catapult my startup from public beta to prime-time. The startup, called Camerama, was a photo sharing app akin to a private ...

The Agile Manifesto, which lays out 12 principles for agile software development, was written in 2001, a time when many people were still using dial-up internet. While these principles still influence ...

At Slack, every one of our processes and features has been designed with the primary goal of making Slack a workplace tool that feels human. We see ourselves as our users’ hosts, and we want them to ...

There is no better time to begin teaching food product innovation principles to culinary students than while they are still in school. They're opened minded, adventuresome, thrive on competition and ...

Lean product development principles and practices place customer value at the center of the development process, including front-loading the understanding of the customer in a way that increases ...