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Who is your medical device customer and how to identify their needs

Each Medical Device Has Several Customer Groups - Who Do You Design For? ...
Blog, Market Understanding

7 Key Questions for a Powerful Value Proposition

The value proposition describes the benefits customers will accrue from your product, including the point of differentiation from your competitors ...
Blog, Strategy

Are customers uncertain about buying your products?

As a marketer, it is imperative to reduce any uncertainty customers may feel about buying your product. Customer uncertainty can ...
Blog, Market Understanding, Risk

Calculating the cost of delay

December 1998 Quick Tip Many managers in industry want to get their new products to market faster. Ironically, when we ...
Cost of Delay, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

Are there situations where cost-of-delay calculations don’t apply?

January 1999 Quick Tip (In the last Quick Tip, we showed how to calculate the cost of delay -- the ...
Cost of Delay, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

Why is it so destructive to split developers between projects?

March 1999 Quick Tip Under pressure to be competitive, management often assigns its best product developers to multiple projects. This ...
Organization, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

What can I do to start dedicating people full-time to one project?

April 1999 Quick Tip In the last Quick Tip we described the waste associated with splitting a person between product ...
Organization, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

How do I find truly valuable development process improvements?

June 1999 Quick Tip Many managers chase the "best practices" that helped someone else months ago. Why not find your ...
Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith, Product Development Process

Can we accelerate product development using a “Faster, Better, Cheaper” program?

August 1999 Quick Tip In many ways, yes. Some techniques, for instance, cross-functional development teams and a product specification well-rooted ...
Planning, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

How much does it cost to speed up product development?

September 1999 Quick Tip Many companies have spent a great deal of money to achieve rapid product development without seeing ...
Planning, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

What is the essence of managing risk in a development project?

October 1999 Quick Tip There are two critical factors to keep in mind in managing risk: - Risk must be ...
Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith, Project Risk

Should engineers be spending their precious time visiting customers?

December 1999 Quick Tip A few years ago, managers were concerned about having their design engineers visiting customers. They feared ...
Fuzzy Front End, Preston Smith Quick Tips, Preston-Smith

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