When speaking of design, people often refer to the user experience (UX) or user interface (UI) but, in fact, design is also a product development process, involving architecture and infrastructure.

How can you use FMEA in product development? I've talked at length about using FMEA as a means of rectifying problems in ...

Releasing a new product is not a task to take lightly. If the product does not sell as planned, it is a wasted investment in advertising, inventory costs and manufacturing. To avoid this scenario, it ...

Product development, no matter the industry, is both an art and a science. Bringing a concept to life requires intensive research, ingenuity, risk-taking, iteration, testing, and a little magic. More ...

Every founder and CTO wants their software product development to be accomplished on time and bring a surprisingly good result, but how can you guarantee it? We have created over 100 tech products for ...

QFD (quality function deployment) is a family of tools that can help engineers during the early stages of product development. A method of assessing options for new product definition, QFD can help ...

Product development processes can incorporate six sigma to yield products with extremely low defects based on requirements that are critical to the customer. In addition using six sigma can help ...

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Like all industries, the design and manufacturing world experienced a shockwave of changes in 2020 due to the pandemic, and as a result many product development companies had to suddenly become more ...

Prototyping is ubiquitous in the product development world these days. Rapid prototyping methods, tools, and techniques are widely applied in the process of creating products. With proper ...

Back in 2022, I wrote about the triple threat of additive, agility and automation—three forces that were already reshaping manufacturing and product development. Fast forward to 2025, and these trends ...

Historically, product innovation has focused on the majority, often leaving many behind. This created a continuous cycle where a select few would identify gaps in a market, develop a product based on ...