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Acknowledged Leader in Product Development Knowledge Management

PDBPR.COM is the premier, web-based knowledge management resource for new product development professionals, consultants, and researchers. This PEER-Award winning publication, published by The Management Roundtable, explores effective product development -- what works and what doesn’t. Here are just some of the prominent themes you’ll explore on PDBPR.COM:

• managing disruptive technologies and the innovator's dilemma
• process discipline vs. flexibility and rapid innovation
• co-location vs. distributed teams
• using the right metrics
• teams and teamwork
• how to manage change from a product development perspective
• getting the incentives right
• how to use PDM to increase product development speed
• applying the Theory of Constraints to product development
• 'lean thinking' in product development
• understanding customer requirements
• risk management for product development
• developing relationships with suppliers and partners
• outsourcing

Are you looking for information to use as ‘ammunition’ to effect changes in your organization? Are you curious about how other organizations are managing product development or dealing with some of the same issues you face? Do you feel like you are trying to ‘re-invent the wheel’ when it comes to your product development process? Are you wondering if you could be using the wrong metrics, or the wrong incentives? PDBPR.COM is a resource designed to answer these and other questions that face product development managers across industries.

Specifically, PDBPR.COM answers the questions:

• "How are my peers – or competitors – solving the challenges of new product development?"

• "What is the latest thinking or most valuable insights from thought-leaders in this field?"

• "Where can I get specific advice from proven experts on what to do about specific issues I face in product development?"

• "How can I keep on top of the latest trends, studies and technologies being used by product developers?"

Extensive Research on Best Practices

PDBPR.COM contains hundreds of articles on key themes of interest to product developers. On PDBPR.COM you will explore these themes through ‘real world’ case studies, interviews with thought-leaders, specific tips and thought-provoking articles by expert columnists, overviews of empirical studies and research; reviews of books, videos and other sources of information about product development. Specifically, PDBPR.COM offers:

• Over 100 detailed, real world case examples from leading companies from Apple Computer to Zenith. These cases – featuring such firms as Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, Lucent Technologies and Pratt & Whitney – were derived from interviews and information provided by product development practitioners: real people, doing the real work, in real companies.

• Dozens of interviews with business thought-leaders like Clayton Christensen, Eli Goldratt, Gary Hamel, etc.

• Detailed and specific expert advice columns by the recognized experts in product development like Don Reinertsen, Preston Smith, Brad Goldense and Bart Huthwaite

• Book, product and article reviews revealing the latest findings, trends and ideas that effect product development professionals.

New Product Development Information Each Month

PDBPR.COM is updated with at least five new articles each month, providing a continuously growing and improving database of information about product development practices. Subscribers have access to new case studies, interviews and expert commentary published each and every month. This means that PDBPR.COM contains the depth of a library of relevant information while keeping current with the latest findings and experience of successful product developers.

Easy to Use – Easy to Share

PDBPR.COM is an easy to use web site with intuitive features for navigating, searching and sharing content. With PDBPR.COM you can have the information you need in seconds. Navigation features include:

• Alphabetical, hypertext lists of case studies (by company), article authors, and interviewees (by name)

• A "master list" of every article contained on the site

• A list of keywords with links to articles

• Context sensitive hyperlinks between related topics, with pre-selected ‘target topic’ pages that allow you to find those articles most closely focused on a given topic

• Full text search feature to find specific words or phrases – looks and behaves just like your favorite web search engine

With a site license to PDBPR.COM, everyone in your team, group, division or company can have access to this valued knowledge resource. Articles are also formatted for easy printing to distribute at that team meeting, presentation or conference.

Broad Ranged Thinking – Narrowly Focused Searching

PDBPR.COM offers a broad range of perspectives, ideas, experience and advice about a large number of areas of interest for product developers. It also provides an easy-to-use interface that saves time in finding the information you need and allows you to focus your research to specific needs.

Every manager, contributor, consultant, researcher, academic or student who has a serious interest in the science and art of developing successful new products should explore PDBPR.COM, the leading source on the web for product development information.

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