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Research and Development Plan
A business plan for a new product requires a research and development plan which briefly describes the product plans and risks for producing it. The R&D plan should cover the following:
- A short description of the goals and objectives
- A short description of the main plan
- The major milestones and time table
- The risk and the contingency plan.
- The R&D Budget
The R&D Milestone Chart
|
Man
Month |
Month
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
Preliminary Design |
1 |
--> |
Electronic Design |
3 |
---------> |
Machine Design |
6 |
-------------> |
Optical Design |
4 |
-----------> |
Integration |
8 |
---------> |
Testing |
1 |
---> |
At Site |
3 |
---> |
Final Version |
1 |
---> |
Pre Production |
3 |
--> |
Total |
30 |
|
The R&D Budget
R&D - Fixed Expenses ($000's)
|
20xx |
20xx |
20xx |
20xx |
20xx |
Material |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
Sub-Contractors |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
Misc. |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
Total |
132 |
132 |
132 |
132 |
132 |
R&D - Salaries & Employees ($000's)
|
20xx |
20xx |
20xx |
20xx |
20xx |
R&D Manager |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Salary per employee ($000's) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
Salary amount ($000's) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
R&D Engineers |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Salary per employee ($000's) |
40 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
Salary amount ($000's) |
80 |
80 |
80 |
80 |
80 |
R&D Technicians |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Salary per employee ($000's) |
35 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
Salary amount ($000's) |
105 |
105 |
105 |
105 |
105 |
R&D Programmers |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Salary per employee ($000's) |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
Salary amount ($000's) |
120 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
Total Employees |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
Total Salaries ($000's) |
365 |
365 |
365 |
365 |
365 |
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