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Online Crash Course in New Product Development Professional (NPDP) Certification
(8 PDHs for NPDP Recertification)
Agenda
Courses are held online in two half-day (4-hour) sessions to reduce the participant’s investment in time and money. The course is limited to 12 participants to maximize the learning experience.
To participate, the student will need a PC or Mac with an internet connection and a telephone. The participant will need to download and install the free
GoToMeeting software. System requirements for the software include*:
For PC:
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Internet Explorer® 6.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 2.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
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Windows® 2000, XP, 2003 Server or Vista
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Cable modem, DSL or better Internet connection
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Minimum of Pentium® class 1 GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (recommended)(2 GB of RAM for Windows® Vista)
For Mac:
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Safari™ 3 or newer, Firefox® 2 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
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Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger) or newer
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PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor (512 MB of RAM or better recommended)
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Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
* Please check current minimum system requirements at GoToMeeting.com in case there have been recent updates.
The participant is responsible for long distance charges to dial into the conference call.
Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP will need a fast Internet connection, a microphone and speakers (a USB headset is recommended).
Each participant will receive the following materials:
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Official, licensed PDMA
Certification Review Workbook
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NPDP
Preparation Review Personal Preparation Plan
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Individual Study Plan
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Post-seminar New Product Development test
(All times are for the Central Time Zone.)
Day 1
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12:00 – 12:15 |
Sign-in
Introductions
Review Objectives
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12:15 – 1:15 |
New Product Development Strategy – Business, product, market and
platform strategies must be linked and self-reinforcing to be effective.
- Mission, Vision, Values
- Business Strategy
- Innovation Strategy, including frameworks and best practices
- Product Innovation Charter
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Portfolio Management – A formal process for evaluating and selecting the appropriate NPD
projects ensures execution of the intended strategies
- What is Portfolio Management?
- Senior Management Role
- Goals of Portfolio Management
- Integration Issues with the NPD Process
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2:15 – 2:30 |
Break
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2:30 – 3:30 |
Marketing Research – Gathering and evaluating effective
market/customer/competitor information is key to identifying and
creating successful new products that meet an important, unsatisfied
customer need
- What is Marketing Research?
- Voice of the Customer
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Secondary Research
- Primary Research
- Exploratory Research
- Confirmatory Research
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3:30 - 3:45 |
Q&A |
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Day 2 |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
New Products Process – A formal process with specific activities and
checkpoints ensures that new product development projects are carried
out properly and increases probability of new product development
success
- Definitions
- Stage-Gate / Phase Review Process
- Differences and Similarities of Product and Service Processes
- Decision-making
- Process Owners
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1:00 – 1:45 |
Tools and Metrics – Tools help your NPD teams carry out NPD
activities efficiently and effectively; metrics monitor key parts of
your process to help you identify problems and fine-tune your process
- Tools
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Portfolio Management
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Financial Analysis / Forecasting
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Idea Generation
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Quality
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Engineering Design / Technical
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Project Management
- Market Research / Marketing
- Metrics
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Fundamentals
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Measuring Success
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1:45 – 2:00 |
Break
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Teams, People and Organizational Issues – Having the right organizational and team structure that supports the NPD
process is crucial to success.
- Definitions
- Project Team Organizations
- Team Culture and Process
- Building and Managing a New Product Team
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Roles in New Product Development
- Organization Issues in Supporting Teams
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Senior Management Roles
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Cross-Functional Interfaces
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Factors Affecting Multi-Functional Team
Effectiveness
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3:00 – 3:15 |
Q&A and Wrap-Up
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3:15 – 4:00 |
Post-seminar New Product Development Test
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