New product development

Task
New product development is one of the riskiest, yet most important activities that a company can undertake. For this reason, there is significant interest and research

on how companies can improve their chances of success in NPD.

Your task
?    Critically evaluate the new product development practice of your own organisation or any other organisation with which you are familiar. Draw on the literature

you have been studying on the new product process and factors for success in NPD to help you develop a framework with which to analyse your chosen organisation in

detail.
?    As well as making your own observations, conduct at least 3 interviews with a range of relevant parties such a customers, suppliers and/or company employees.
?    These interviews are aimed at further developing your understanding of this organisation’s NPD practices and providing multiple perspectives on key issues and

concerns. The findings from your interviews will help you to support your arguments and justify your recommendations.
?    Please include details of the people you interview, the questions asked and a summary of your findings in an appendix.
?    Give a detailed analysis of the organisation’s new product development practice and make recommendations for potential improvements in this practice.
?    In the final 500 words of this assignment, reflect on how your understanding of NPD has been enhanced by your experience in completing this task. This should

be a personal reflection including such aspects as, for example, whether this has changed your views about what is important in NPD, whether you have a greater

understanding of diversity of opinions in the organisation, whether you understand this organisation’s NPD processes differently as a result of undertaking this work

or any personal impact doing this assignment has had on you.

References
Crawford & Di Benedetto, “New products management”, chapters 1-13 and relevant reading from Topics 1-9. ?In addition significant library research is needed. Make sure

you source scholarly journals and books.
Rationale
This assignment is designed to give you the opportunity to examine in detail how new product development works in practice. Focussing on a particular organisation

gives you the opportunity to appreciate how the particular context that a business operates in will influence the way it conducts NPD.
Marking criteria
Your assignment will be assessed on the following criteria:
?    Ability to critically evaluate an organisation’s NPD in a manner that reflects an understanding of the relevant literature on NPD practice.
?    Ability to synthesise a range of literature and develop a cohesive framework to analyse an individual organisation
?    Ability to elicit relevant information on new product practice from a range of interviews.
?    Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the particular context in which the organisation operates.
?    Ability to justify and detail practical recommendations for improvement.
?    Clarity of written expression (Well structured an logical flow of ideas. Attention to grammar).
?    Professional standard of presentation. (Good layout. Careful checking for spelling mistakes and typographical errors).
?    Correct use of APA referencing wherever appropriate

Tips
I choose APPLE company
This is report format, I will send you the sample of report, please follow that format,Executive summary(one page) include The major findings indicate that……..

Table of contents(one page) 1 1.1 1.2, 2, 2.1 2.2

Introduction(1.1 background to the report,1.2 Aims) ………
(new product development is….theory….and introduce the company,NPDP(new product development process)

2.1 New product development process
define innovation the product, define of new product process, analysis verious NPD process based on theory
2.2 NPD process of APPLE Company
process of framework  1. current new product development process 2…..3….4….theory include it
Recommendations…..

3.1 interview( include details of the people,feedback, result of the conversation
3.2 Implementation of NPD (5 phasies, for example supplier customer, employee…….
Please draw like a picture format

4.1 Reflection(understanding of NPD
?    In the final 500 words of this assignment, reflect on how your understanding of NPD has been enhanced by your experience in completing this task. This should

be a personal reflection including such aspects as, for example, whether this has changed your views about what is important in NPD, whether you have a greater

understanding of diversity of opinions in the organisation, whether you understand this organisation’s NPD processes differently as a result of undertaking this work

or any personal impact doing this assignment has had on you.
6.1 References

In your assignment you will zero in on the new product development practices in your workplace or organization of your choice and examine success factors in new

product development. Important parts of this assignment are interviews with relevant people – such as employees in different areas of the company, suppliers, major

customers.

Also, the final section where you will reflect on the impact that this assignment has had on your understanding of new product development practices.