4. Device Development is HARD!
!
Requires many people!
From many different disciplines!
!
A typical device team will have!
25 people!
!
Those 25 people have !
300 unique relationships
communication
is
key
5. choose
partners
wisely
Build the Right Team!
• employees and contractors!
• out-sourced partners!
!
Shop for a Great Fit!
• communication skills !
• love of collaboration !
• personal chemistry!
• enthusiasm!
• risk tolerance!
• technical competence!
!
Look for Win-Win Relationships
6. Choose the Right Goal!
• have slack (time and money)!
• dream big…
…but act incrementally!
• what’s the MVP?!
• don’t squeeze suppliers!
• invest in the early phases
device
development
is expensive
and
unpredictable
7. be flexible
as reality
is revealed
Use the Right Process!
• overall process is predictable…
…but the details are chaotic!
• innovation is exploration!
!
!
Your Process Will Need:
Survey
01 04
Deliver
02
Envision
03
Develop
9. Device
Development
is HARD
Lots of people…!
! Lots of disciplines…!
! ! Lots more relationships!
!
!
• Build a team of great communicators!
• Scope your product so you have slack!
• Project manage like a GPS