Creating Project Plans to Focus Product Development

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Creating Project Plans toFocus Product
Development
M9721011 Ashley ??? M9721813 Henky
??? M9721815 Ivan ???
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Influencing Factors
Internal Factors
Product Development
Project Planning
External Factors
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Internal Factors
Leadership and Technical Skills
Time Limit
Cost Calculation
Resources Supporting Capacity
Company Member Involvement
Short Vs. Long Term Problems
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External Factors
Market Needs
Competitor Price
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Step 1Define Project as 5 Types
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Breakthrough Projects
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Make significant changes including new material
or technologies
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Platform Projects
Change more than derivative but less than
breakthrough
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Development Project Mapping
Product Change

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Process Change

Breakthrough Projects
Platform Projects
Derivative Projects
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Step 2 Identify Existing Projects Classify by
Project Types
R D
Breakthrough Projects
Platform Projects
Derivative Projects
Before Map
After Map
Alliance and Partnership Projects
Alliance and Partnership Projects
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Step 3 Estimate the Average Time Resources

• 1. By past experience
• 2. PreQuip
• Tree categories
• Basic RD Projects
• Existing Projects Customers
• Commercial Product Development

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Step 4 Identify Existing Resource Capability

• 1. For allocating available engineering resources
  according to its desired mix of projects.
• 2. PreQuip---
• 50 for Platform
• 20 for Derivative
• 10 each to others

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Step 5 Step 8
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Whats the Meaning for Product Development?

• 1. The company can aggregate projects according
  to the Strategy.
• 2. Different project types may be usually used by
  different company in different industry life
  cycle.
• 3. The company can consider an Alternative
  Planning.

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Whats the Meaning for Product Development?
Derivative
Breakthrough- Platform
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Conclusion

• Getting to an aggregate project plan is not an
  easy job however it gives direction and clearer
  picture to the overall project development.
• By having a good planning, strategies, and hard
  working it will help the company to achieve the
  goals.

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Conclusion

• While on the other hand smart choosing the right
  resources and number of projects will help the
  company in maintaining, focusing, and maximizing
  the company capabilities.
• And at the end it will help the company in
  defining their SWOT and the company could easily
  know where is the correct position in the market.
  

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Thank You

• Ashley Henky - Ivan

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Derivative Projects
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Aggregate Project Plan

• Improve peoples skill
• Identify weaknesses
• Improve development process
• Incorporate new tools and technology into
  development environment
• Help company to identify where they need to make
  changes and how those changes can connected to
  product and process development