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The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is a non-profit professional society that organizes and publishes information about the development of new products. Founded in 1976,〔 they currently have about 3500 members worldwide,〔(Front End Innovation Europe's Strategic Partner - The PDMA )〕 with 22 chapters in the United States and 16 affiliates in other parts of the world, including India. PDMA operates a training program leading to the New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification. They hold an annual conference that gives an opportunity for professional exchange, and they offer a wide range of publications, including: * The bimonthly ''Journal of Product Innovation Management'' (JPIM)〔(Journal of Product Innovation Management - Journal Information ) Wiley-Blackwell〕 * Visions Magazine * PDMA Handbook of New Product Development.〔Kenneth B. Kahn (editor): (The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development, Second Edition ) published by John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-48524-1.〕 * further books on product development topics The JPIM journal, published by Wiley-Blackwell and held in numerous university libraries, ranked 19 out of 40 marketing journals that were evaluated for their usefulness in a 2002 study. ==External links== * http://www.pdma.org/ * (''Journal of Product Innovation Management'' homepage ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Product Development and Management Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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