01717am 1a2000265ar44500 1/52369 011211s1998 xxu 001 0 eng 0-442-02548-3 658.575 658.575 23/swe Qbifd kssb/7 Smith, Preston G., 1941- Developing products in half the time : new rules, new tools / Preston G. Smith, Donald G. Reinertsen ; [foreword by Neil Hagglund] [New ed.] New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, cop. 1998 xix, 298 s. : ill. ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Faster and still faster -- Putting a price tag on time -- The fuzzy front end -- The power and pitfalls of incremental innovation -- Capturing customer needs -- Using system design to compress schedules -- Forming and energizing the team -- Organizing for communication -- Designing fast development processes -- Controlling the process -- Preventing overloads -- Managing risk proactively -- Bridging the R & D--manufacturing gap -- The role of top management -- Making changes faster. As the authors correctly point out, the Fuzzy Front End is the least expensive place to reduce cycle time. This book is one of the only sources of concepts, methods, and metrics for compressing this critical portion of the development process. New products. Product management. Product development (Management) Reinertsen, Donald G., 1950- Online version: Smith, Preston G., 1941- Developing products in half the time. 2nd ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ©1998 (OCoLC)647026554 GEORGE