Product development brings with it many misconceptions about what the process is truly like and how to ensure you're getting the most out of those you've hired to help. Be it product design, ...

Product development may be understood generically as all the things that happen from the initial conception or invention of a product to the point when a product is launched into the market. It can ...

To some, "new product development" means inventing something new. In reality, though, most new products are modifications of existing products or ideas. Sometimes, adding an element of service onto an ...

In a consumer-driven economy, meeting customers' needs and wants has become paramount in generating long-term success and growth. Product development is key to maintaining and acquiring customers and ...

TUKWILA, WASH. – Speed is a key component of the new product development process today. The days of ideation and innovation taking place over a long period of time are gone. The process is now ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Kevin Bailey Artificial ...

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 ...

Ryan Gray is co-founder and CEO of SGW Designworks, a full-service product development and engineering firm featured in The Lean Startup. In all things worth pursuing, there exists the ever-present ...

Many aspects of Apple’s product development process have long been shrouded in mystery. The process is discussed in a new book Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired–and Secretive–Company Really ...