Introduction to Product Design and Development for Engineers provides guidelines and best practices for the design, development, and evaluation of engineered products.

1. Fuzzy Front End Part I: Soft Skills of Engineering 2. Teams and Team Dynamics 3. Program and Project Management 4. Communication Skills 5. Technical Reviews and Checklists Part II: Front End-Product Development Life Cycle Management and Roadmap 6. Product Life Cycle Management Models Part III: Requirements and Their Cascade 7. Systems and Requirements 8. Developing a Product's Requirements 9. Concept Development and Selection Part IV: The Nuts and Bolts of the Design 10. Initial Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Product Risk Assessment 11. Transfer Functions 12. The Three-Dimensional Virtual Product 13. Two-Dimensional Engineering Drawings 14. Design for X Part V: Preparation for Product Launch 15. Cost Requirements Cascade and Purchasing 16. Detailed Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and Control Plans 17. Design Verification, Product Validation, and Design Transfer Part VI: Sustaining a Marketed Product 18. Sustaining a Fielded Product 19. Product Retirement and End of Life Part VII: Engineering Skills Needed across All Disciplines 20. Configuration and Change Management 21. Tolerance Specification and Analysis 22. Data, Measurements, and Tests 23. Failure Analysis and Product Improvements