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Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product and Cycle-time Excellence
 
 

Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product and Cycle-time Excellence [Kindle Edition]

Michael E. McGrath
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Excellent real-world treatment of a very complex issue in business.

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Setting the PACE in Product Development describes how to effectively manage the key ingredients of successful product development: time, quality, talent and resources.


This revised edition of Product Development provides essential insight as to how to efficiently organize people, resources and processes to dramatically improve financial results, strategic positions, internal morale and customer satisfaction. The PACE techniques integrate vital company-wide functions, engaging the entire company and focusing its collective energy on strategically and financially important goals.


Previously in hardback, now in paperback with 3 new chapters on product strategy, technology management and cross-project management.
Popular proven method of success for achieving efficiency in product development and cycle time.
A must for anyone who needs quality results in a timely fashion.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2741 KB
  • Print Length: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (31 July 1996)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002WGHVJ8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #510,325 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I think this is THE book on Software Project and Product Management. In-depth coverage of the Core Team approach and explanation of why Core Team is better than other current development methods such as functional or cross-functional teams. This is a great reference book, one every manager should have on his desk. Only thing I didn't like was this new version is paper-back, I liked the hard-backs for books I intend to keep and use. Excellent book !
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Wow...fantastic is about all I can say. Brilliantly clear and simple read, very "hi-tech company focused", but 100% accurate...this really will put many companies to shame if they examined themselves after reading it...I just wish I could do a "jerry maguire" and give a copy of this to all of our senior management.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Vague, advertisement for a consulting service.... 19 Dec 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
My company decided to adopt PACE, and plopped this book down in front of all the engineers. It caused more chaos than we had when we started. The book describes several teams, but neglects to describe how to select the team members, how to get them to be effective in their jobs, or even what there exact team responsibilities might be, other than to do "in depth analysis". Fine, but what does *that* mean. Oh, you're supposed to hire the authors to come in and consult with your company and develop another document that describes this. Sorry, this is a non-starter.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
One for your reference library 5 Feb 1999
By Tom Hahn Hahnsinnc@aol.com - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I think this is THE book on Software Project and Product Management. In-depth coverage of the Core Team approach and explanation of why Core Team is better than other current development methods such as functional or cross-functional teams. This is a great reference book, one every manager should have on his desk. Only thing I didn't like was this new version is paper-back, I liked the hard-backs for books I intend to keep and use. Excellent book !
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Waterfall Method Revisited for Software Development 9 Jun 2000
By Lee C. Harrison - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This guide can be very misleading for those working in the software development world.

Apply this method to Software Engineering, and you are revisiting the old Waterfall Method of software development. In today's E-commerce and e-Enterprise worlds, this is not a good place to visit for long. I would only recommend this to folks developing products in a manufacturing environment.

However, Phase 0 Reviews could be a very useful tool on an executive level as a Project Methodology for initiating and prioritizing software development projects and ensuring a product's overall strategic fit while allocating development resources.

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