Technology Base and Management Pattern of Agile Product Development

Agile product development, which is presented by foreign scholars in recent years, is a new product-developing model based on speed competition. In this paper, characteristics of agile product development model, technology base and management pattern are explored. Also obtained are the six characteristics that the model has. They are rapid reaction quality, digitalized design, working initiative, management flexibility, market adaptability and cooperation-communication quality. Then, the viewpoint on the three technical basic of how to implement enterprise agilization is put forward, that is component generalization and standardization, product modularization and enterprise informatization. At last, the analysis to project management and workflow management technology, which are suitable for agile product development, is carried on.