In addition to our project and portfolio management software (PPM) tools, PD-Trak Solutions has highly experienced consultants to help you implement an effective product development process and to improve overall effectiveness in the development of new products. Some of the common services we perform are:
Process Definition Workshop: We conduct workshops to help companies define a stage/phase-gate process that embraces best practices yet is optimized to the specific needs of that company/industry.
Process Improvement: We can review and assess your product development process, offer recommendations for improvement, and provide consulting guidance and training to implement improvements.
Process Audits: We can perform an audit of projects and determine adherence to the development process and its deliverables and can provide coaching to project managers to help them better follow and manage the development process.
Project Management: We provide training for project managers on the stage/phase-gate process and project management principles. This is offered onsite and via web-based training sessions.
Gate Reviews: We offer training in gate reviews as well as workshops to define the gate review process. We can optionally participate in, and evaluate gate reviews and provide recommendations to Management.
Portfolio Planning: We offer training in portfolio management. We can work with your Management team to define your portfolio planning process and assist with documenting that process. We can facilitate portfolio planning sessions.
Voice of the Customer (VOC): We offer Voice of the Customer training. We can help develop a VOC plan to investigate customer needs for a specific development project and can assist in a VOC investigation. We can facilitate the VOC data analysis and summarize inputs to requirements definition.
Requirements Definition/Quality Function Deployment: We offer training in requirements definition or quality function deployment (QFD). We can facilitate requirements definition/QFD activities on specific projects.
Improve Market Acceptance of a New Product: By applying VOC and performing competitive analysis, we can facilitate developing a product strategy and guiding the definition of product requirements to align with this strategy. If you are in need of an audio-visual component for your product launch, you can find out more info on how to do this by using websites such as smartworksevents.com for assistance, whereby you can then plan out your strategy for this.
Lean Product Development: We conduct training in the principles of lean product development and we provide consulting assistance with applying the principles to a client’s business.
Cycle Time Reduction:
Through a combination of lean product development principles and the resource management functions of PD-Trak, we can guide the reduction of development cycle time.
Target Costing/Design to Cost: We offer training in Target Costing/Design to Cost training. We can help set up the process steps and tools to support target costing and design to cost. We can facilitate a product team’s efforts to achieve a target cost.
Design for Manufacturability: We offer training in Design for Manufacturability/Assembly. We can facilitate analysis of a design for its manufacturability. We can set up process steps and tools to support DFM/A and help implement a DFM/A initiative.
Design Review Process:
We can assess an organization’s design review process, recommend improvements, and structure design review agendas. We can facilitate
design reviews.
Improve Product Launch:
We offer training in product launch customized to either B2B or B2C. We can help develop a product launch plan and guide the launch of a new product.
Organizational Development with Product Teams:
We offer training on establishing effective project teams and provide team launch workshops. We can facilitate the effective implementation of teams and recommend steps to overcome organizational challenges.
To learn more about how we might assist you, please use the request form or call us at +1 916-546-8320.
