Integration of project management with NPD process a metalworking company case study

Abstract

While the literature provides some reflection on the relation between Project Management and New Product Development (NPD), there are still doubts on how these practices can be integrated. This study made a contribution on how a metalworking company should integrate Project Management with their established NPD process. Additionally, a proposal about how the company should integrate the Subproject with the Global Project is made. Two main concerns guided the development of this work: the integrated project management process should be useful and easy to use. Therefore, only six main project management practices are proposed: project charter, initial project plan, progress reports, updated plan, open point list and lessons learned.