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

Michael E. McGrath (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 075069789X | ISBN-13: 978-0750697897 | Publication Date: August 14, 1996 | Edition: Revised

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

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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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; Revised edition (August 14, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075069789X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750697897
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Vague, advertisement for a consulting service...., December 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product and Cycle-time Excellence (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars One for your reference library, February 4, 1999

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Tom Hahn [e-mail] (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product and Cycle-time Excellence (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:

2.0 out of 5 stars Waterfall Method Revisited for Software Development, June 8, 2000

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Lee C. Harrison "leehar" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product and Cycle-time Excellence (Paperback)

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.