Some of the tools and best practices I have used to optimize the product development process.
Abraham Maslow said that, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
It's easy to fall into the trap of jumping into design solutions in the product development process, but often a more wholistic and methodical development approach is more effective.
Sometimes, the right approach to a problem will lead to using a variety of tools and skills to best address design challenges to create solutions that delight customers.
Through experience, training, reading and exposure to company cultures with best practices, I have been exposured to a broad set of tools and methods to augment the development process.