Syllabus - Certified Product Development Professional

  1. Product Development Process
    • Phase and Objectives
    • Key Activities
    • Gate Reviews
  2. Project Organization
    • Matrix Organization
    • Functional Roles and Responsibilities
    • Cross-Functional Product Teams
    • Team Operation
    • Team Collaboration & Communication
    • Team Decision-Making
  3. Voice of the Customer (VOC)
      Market Definition
    • Kano Model and Types of Customer Needs
    • Customer Types
    • Planning VOC Research
    • Customer Input
    • Primary & Secondary Market Research
    • Survey Methods and Construction
    • Customer Interviews
    • Focus Groups
    • Ethnography and Contextual Inquiry
    • Other Sources of Customer Input
    • Conjoint Analysis
    • Organizing Customer Data
    • Prototypes & User Feedback
  4. Product Planning & Requirements Definition
    • Competitive Analysis
    • Target Costing
    • Requirements Definition Methods
    • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
    • Requirements Flow-down
    • Requirements Management
  5. Concept Development
    • System Engineering Principles
    • Architectural Principles
    • Creativity Techniques – Brainstorming and Other Techniques
    • Modeling and System Analysis
    • Intellectual Property Considerations
    • Concept Evaluation
  6. Project Planning and Feasibility
    • Planning Development Tasks
    • Estimating Effort & Resources
    • Incremental (Rolling) Planning
    • Monitoring Project Status
    • Project Business Case
    • Gate Review Preparation
  7. Optimizing Design – Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
    • Simplification and Standardization
    • Mistake-Proofing
    • Design for Assembly
    • Design for Manufacturability – Fabrication
    • Tolerances
    • Process Design
    • Early Manufacturing Involvement
  8. Optimizing Design – Design to Cost (DTC)
    • Target Cost Allocation
    • Cost Estimating
    • Target Cost Tracking
    • Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE)
    • Responsibilities
  9. Optimizing Design – Design for Reliability (DFR)
    • Reliability Goals
    • Design for Reliability Principles
    • Reliability Modeling
    • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
    • Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems
  10. Optimizing Design – Design for Serviceability (DFS) & Support
    • Design for Diagnosability
    • Design for Disassembly and Service
    • Spare Parts Planning and Logistics
  11. Optimizing Design – Design for Safety
    • Regulatory Requirements
    • Design for Safety Principles
    • Hazard Analysis
  12. Optimizing Design – Design for the Environment (DFE)
    • Environmental Manufacturing
    • Environmental Materials
    • Recycling and Re-Use
    • DFE Analysis
  13. Design of Experiments (DOE)
    • DOE Application
    • Parameter Selection
    • Fractional Factorial Experiments
    • Taguchi Methods
    • Interpreting Experimental Results
  14. Production Preparation
    • Process Capability
    • Tooling and Equipment
    • Production Preparation Process (3P)
    • Process FMEA
    • Materials Planning and Procurement
    • Inspection and Testing
    • Gauges, Inspection Equipment and Test Equipment Planning
    • Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
    • Control Plans
  15. Design Verification and Validation
    • Verification Methods
    • Design Reviews
    • Design Validation
    • Process Validation
    • Regulatory Requirements and Certification
  16. Product Launch
    • Product Launch Planning
    • Advertising and Promotion
    • Sales Channels and Pipeline Filling
    • Customer Support
    • Product Improvement after Launch