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This project arises as a need of the ICIPC due to the sustained growth in recent years in
its portfolio of services offered to companies in the plastics, rubber and related sectors in Colombia and other countries
neighbors. ICIPC serves approximately 250 companies a year with the different services in its portfolio.
Today the ICIPC recognizes that the management of the acquired experience and the best practices applied during the
development of new products, it is something that must be systemic and unified in the institution to be efficient and
effective. Attention to this large number of companies requires the implementation of a systemic methodology,
unified and structured for the Product Development Process –PDP– (Product Development Process).
Since the beginning of ICIPC operations, its researchers have been able to apply their knowledge and experience
in carrying out product and service development projects with high added value, particularly, and
with greater success, the projects led by those researchers with more experience. But it has also
There have been projects where planning and execution difficulties have arisen, and challenges to capture and
standardize best practices. This situation highlights the need to implement a methodology
structured for the Product Development Process.
For this reason, with the present work a PDP framed in a context of management of
development risk, strategically dividing the design process into Stages, with mandatory activities and
optional depending on the type of product and the level of associated complexity. The stages, in turn, are separated by
Gates in which the deliverables or results of the stage are reviewed and examined. In the gates it is evaluated
the level of risk and a decision is made on how to continue the development process.
This work was carried out within the framework of the ICIPC institutional strengthening plan, under the project: Strengthening
technical-administrative ICIPC through: the creation and implementation of a PDP methodology ("Product
Development Process ") adjusted to the needs of the institution, and the creation of new resistance services
impact for new polymeric materials [1]. This project was supported by the financial resource of
Colciencias "Autonomous patrimony national financing fund for science, technology and innovation,
Francisco José de Caldas ”.
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