Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-360) and index.

Sect. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 1. Previous generations and the promise of the new -- Ch. 2. The R&D productivity generation -- Sect. 2. Resource management -- Ch. 3. Improving R&D productivity through increased capacity utilization -- Ch. 4. Stages of maturity in resource management -- Ch. 5. Stage 1 - short-term utilization management -- Ch. 6. Stage 2 - medium-term resource capacity planning and management -- Ch. 7. Stage 3 - project resource requirements planning and management -- Ch. 8. Stage 4 - fully integrated resource management -- Sect. 3. Project management -- Ch. 9. Stages of project management -- Ch. 10. Enterprise project planning and control process -- Ch. 11. Networked project teams -- Ch. 12. Enhanced phase-review management -- Ch. 13. Integrated financial planning and project budgeting for new products -- Ch. 14. Distributed program management -- Ch. 15. Collaborative development management -- Ch. 16. Context-based knowledge management -- Sect. 4. Portfolio management and product strategy -- Ch. 17. Stages of portfolio management and product strategy -- Ch. 18. Dynamic portfolio and pipeline management -- Ch. 19. Comprehensive financial management of R&D -- Ch. 20. Integrated product strategy process -- Sect. 5. Conclusion -- Ch. 21. Getting started.

"Product development is a process that, like any other, is both manageable and improvable. Next Generation Product Development introduces and examines the newest generation of product development practices, in which the focus has changed from reducing time-to-market to managing and improving productivity, i.e. developing more new products than your competitors with a lower investment of valuable firm resources." "This guide for R&D executives and managers is also important for anyone looking to understand and utilize "new generation" product development management practices."--BOOK JACKET.