GGI 2004 Product Development Metrics Survey Sections B and C : North American Practices in Product Selection Process and Tools

Section B:The 2004 Product Development Metrics Survey focused on product selection, intellectual property (IP) management, and metrics. This report includes details on the demographics of the survey population and the results from Section B: Product Selection Process. This section investigated various aspects of the process which companies use to select projects or products to be sent on to full development. The report presents results for the number of steps in their decision process as well as the number of people who participate at each decision point. Also detailed are the format for the selection process and whether this selection process was similar to the process used for advanced research and development.Section C:The 2004 Product Development Metrics Survey focused on product selection, intellectual property (IP) management, and metrics. This report includes details on the demographics of the survey population and the results from Section C: Product Selection Tools. This section investigated the tools used during the product selection process. Specifically, the report presents the frequency of usage of any of 21 different tools and techniques, such as Voice of the Customer, Technical Feasibility Analysis or Time to Profit calculations, before the point of approval for development. Results are also shown for which of these tools and techniques help generate innovation and/or registerable intellectual property (i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights).Goldense, Bradford L. is the author of 'GGI 2004 Product Development Metrics Survey Sections B and C : North American Practices in Product Selection Process and Tools', published 2004 under ISBN 9781932468557 and ISBN 1932468552.