An
intensive two-day workshop focusing on accommodating and even
embracing the mid-project changes that inevitably accompany true
product innovation
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Course
Instructor:
Preston G. Smith
Co-Author,
Developing Products in Half-the-Time |
When you develop new products:
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Do customers
change their minds in the middle of the project?
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Do competitors
launch disruptive products after your design "freeze"?
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Does technology
change before you can bring it to market?
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Does your system
facilitate making these changes smoothly?
Through a full-length case study, lectures and
facilitated Q&A, you will learn:
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How to time
decision-making to keep options open but keep schedules and
budgets in line
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How to specify
customer requirements at levels that are less likely to change
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How to design
your project to accommodate change while maintaining process
quality
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How to implement
flexible project management techniques that overcome the
rigidity of traditional project management
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How to balance
the need for structure against the need for flexibility
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How to “fence
in” change through modular architecture
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How to lower the
cost of change throughout the process
Who Should Attend
Managers leading and planning new product development and
members of development teams. Executives who wish to rethink
whether their current strategies are producing the new-product
results they desire in the turbulent environment
they face.The more you
face change and uncertainty in developing new products, the more
valuable this workshop will be. If you are not facing change,
ask yourself: Are your new products truly innovative?
Although this workshop is aimed
at non-software products, which have not had the benefit of
agile methodologies heretofore, agile software developers will
find it valuable to strengthen their understanding of agile
approaches. |
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