Product Development : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. : 9781119780137 : 1119780136 : 05 Apr 2022 : "My formal academic training began as a student of mechanical engineering. Simultaneously, I worked part time as a designer to pay for my education. In this case, my work allowed me to see how products were developed to the lower level where I was doing the technical drawing. And my engineering education helped me learn the limits of materials, think about product technical features, and how to apply mathematical formulas to solve technical problems. However, nowhere did I learn about how products are really developed. What drives a company to success? How do companies know which products will be accepted in the marketplace? What is a marketplace or a market segment? As a result, my education and early work experience taught me a lot about applying engineering principals, but I had no knowledge of marketing, sales, business finance, C-level executive support, or how R&D (research and development)