PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT MATURITY ASSESSEMENT: PROPOSAL OF A NEW METHOD
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Paula, I. C.; Fogliatto, F. S.; Echeveste, M. E. S.; Cristofari, C. A.
Section: DESIGN PROCESSES
Page(s): 391-402
Abstract
The optimization of Product Development Process (PDP) is challenging. This paper presents an alternative approach for PDP maturity measurement, organized in two stages: stage (i) we assess the frequency in which PDP’s typical problems happen in the company, and then correlate problems with a list of PDP’s Best Practices. Outputs of stage (i) are a maturity score for the company’s PDP and improvement opportunities to be prioritized. In stage (ii) we set up a company’s profile in view of which improvement opportunities from previous stage are prioritized and consolidated in a portfolio.
Keywords: PDP management, maturity model, problem analysis