Product Failures

3 Stories That Stick : Firearms, Fat Suits and Failing Forward

Submitted by on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 7:00pm
By Phillippe De Ridder, ...
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Categories: Co-Development & Alliances, Customer and Market Research, Product Failures
 Tags: Product design; Innovation; cocreation;

Success Limiting Factors in New Product Development (1/4)

Submitted by Mark Hart on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 12:43pm
During new product development, some problems are fatal. In other cases, certain factors may limit the success of development efforts. To facilitate the discussion of items that impact qualities such ...
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Categories: Product Failures
 Tags: complex adaptive systems, success limiting factors, SLF, net promoter score, linear reductionism

Good Ideas Aren't Enough

Submitted by on Thu, 11/18/2010 - 9:40am
2010 OCI Award Winner @Kennametal_Inc featured in @IndustryWeek. Thanks @JillJusko for the mention.  Read the intro below and to read the full article, click here.  Let us know what you thin...
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Categories: Launch, NPD - General, People, Teams and Culture, Product Design, Product Failures, Strategy
 Tags: Innovation, OCI, Kennemetal, Idea Generation, Ideas, Product Lifecycle, lifecycle, Industry Week

Sustainable product design

Submitted by Saranyan Vigraham on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 8:37am
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Categories: Consumer Products, Global Product Development, People, Teams and Culture, Product Design, Product Failures, Sustainable Innovation
 Tags: Product Design, sustainable

Detrimental Connotations in New Product Development - I know it when I see it

Submitted by Mark Hart on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 3:13pm
The phrase "I know it when I see it" may inspire trust. Sometimes, it is a prelude to new product development (NPD) failure. Part 9/10 of the Detrimental Connotations in NPD series. ...
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Categories: Launch, NPD - General, People, Teams and Culture, Product Failures
 Tags: Detrimental Connotations, HiPPO, minimum viable product, New Product Development, NPD, NPD network, PDMA

Detrimental Connotations in New Product Development - Best Practice

Submitted by Mark Hart on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 12:54pm
Implementing a context-appropriate best practice may not produce the desired new product development (NPD) results. ...
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Categories: Launch, Metrics, NPD - General, Product Failures, Strategy
 Tags: benchmarking, best practice, caveat of context, Cognitive-Edge, Dave Snowden, Detrimental Connotations, New Product Development, NPD

Detrimental Connotations in New Product Development - Product Requirements

Submitted by Mark Hart on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 11:43am
What are the detrimental connotations of the phrase 'product requirements' in new product development? Instead of using the phrase 'product requirements,' consider the impact of using the phrase 'unva...
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Categories: Launch, NPD - General, Open Innovation, Process Innovation, Product Design, Product Failures
 Tags: Detrimental Connotations, HiPPO, Launch, NPD, Product Requirements, unvalidated inputs

Customer Feedback - Up-Close and Personal

Submitted by Montie Roland on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 8:33pm
Product reviews (especially online) are increasingly important in helping customers make purchasing decisions.  A study by CompUSA and iPerections discovered 63% of consumers indicate they are more l...
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Categories: Product Failures
 Tags: customer feedback, customer review, firearm, lead user, mechanical engineering, Product Design, product development, product review, shooting rest, strategic user, x-rest

What is a Robust Product?

Submitted by Montie Roland on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 11:41am
Today’s client generally wants a product that is economical to manufacture, elegant, and robust. Robust products have an advantage in the market place. This is especially true in this age of the e...
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Categories: Consumer Products, Inventors / Invention, Marketing, Metrics, NPD - General, Product Design, Product Failures
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