Welcome to the New Building Products Development Guide
The New Building Products Development Guide guides building products manufacturers
and inventors through the activities to create, develop, & launch new building products.
Explores development, evaluation, launch, & more.
This Help Page introduces each of the Activities contained
within Tool 1. It also explains how Tool 2 (Collaboration Forum) and Tool 3 (Lead-User
Panel) can be used in the process of documenting the development a new technology.
Learn more about how to use the tools.
Understanding the Big Picture of New Product Development Show/Hide Content
Below are resources that provide additional information about various facets of New Product Development.
- New Product Development
- How to choose the right New Product Development process for your firm
- How to manage the NPD process chosen by your firm
- Incorporating all the necessary activities into the NPD process
- Deciding which NPD activity to begin with
- Process step description including required inputs, required outputs, responsibilities,
and supporting tools
- Roles and responsibilities for performing each process step or producing each process
step output
- Description of each design review and gate review
- Agenda criteria for prototype product builds
- How to choose a management process suited to your firm
