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T E N T H   A N N U A L  C O N F E R E N C E
Product Development  Metrics:
Achieving the Full Value of R&D
November 7-9, 2005 / Chicago, IL

Preliminary Agenda

"...Great opportunity to network and share problems, challenges and solutions in the product development area..."
—Raju Thomas, Kyocera Wireless


Monday, November 7

Pre-Conference Workshops
7:30-8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30-4:30 WORKSHOP A
Strategic Enterprise Metrics for PD Transformation
Instructor: Mark Thut & Alex Blanter, PRTM
  WORKSHOP B
Product Development Metrics Portfolios
Instructor: Bradford L. Goldense, Goldense Group, Inc.
12:00-1:00 Lunch for workshop participants
4:30 Workshops Conclude

Tuesday, November 8

Conference Day One
7:00-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Day One Opening Remarks
Wayne Mackey, Product Development Consulting, Inc, Conference Chairperson
8:15-9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
New Metrics for Productivity and Portfolio Profitability: Why Time and Cost Reduction Don't Work
Dr. Robert G. Cooper, Product Development Institute & McMaster University
9:30-10:15 CASE STUDY
Embedding Innovation as a Core Competency at Whirlpool
Dr. Henry O. Marcy,
Whirlpool Corporation
10:15-10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30-11:15

CASE STUDY
Metrics to Drive Innovation Portfolio Decisions
Donald M. DeLauder,
Medrad, Inc.

11:15-12:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Team Software Process (TSP): Successful Strategies and Metrics for Distributed Software Development
Watts S. Humphrey, Carnegie Mellon University
12:15-1:30 MVP Awards Luncheon
1:30-2:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Explosion of Metrics and Quantitative Analysis in Professional Sports
Robert L. Schur,
STATS, Inc.
 

Track 1

Track 2

2:30-3:15

CASE STUDY
Implementing New Product Development Metrics to Drive Growth and Profitability – A Small Company’s Perspective
Bill Foster,
Teledyne Isco, Inc.

CASE STUDY
Key Metrics to Foster an Iterative, Risk-taking R&D Environment
Bret Dodd
& Sterling Mortensen, Hewlett-Packard
3:15-3:30 Refreshment Break
3:30-4:15 

CASE STUDY
Focusing on the Right Things: Efforts, Resources and Rewards
Phil H. Davies,
British Telecom

CASE STUDY
Measuring Team Engagement and Predicting Project Performance with the TEAM Score Steven Baker & Steven Ambrose,
DTE Energy
4:15-5:30 Application & Integration Sessions
Facilitator: Wayne Mackey
, Product Development Consulting, Inc, Conference Chairperson
5:45-7:00 Networking Reception: Meet the MVPs

Wednesday, November 9

Conference Day Two
7:00-8:00 BREAKFAST SESSION
From R&D to product success –
The need for an NPDI process

Bill Boswell,
UGS Corporation
8:00-8:15 Day Two Opening Remarks
Wayne Mackey
, Product Development Consulting, Inc, Conference Chairperson
8:15-9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Future of Product Development Metrics
Bradford L. Goldense, Goldense Group, Inc.
9:30-10:15 CASE STUDY
R&D Metrics Across Projects:
A Portfolio Approach

Hannu Kokko, Nokia
10:15-10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30-12:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Applying Lean Logic to Product Development Metrics
Donald G. Reinertsen
, Reinertsen & Associates
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00 CASE STUDY
New Product Development with Change Management Metrics
Anthony Lemus, Ameriquest Mortgage Financial Company
2:00-3:00 Application & Integration Sessions
Facilitator: Wayne Mackey, Product Development Consulting, Inc, Conference Chairperson
3:00-3:15 Conference Wrap-Up
Wayne Mackey, Product Development Consulting, Inc, Conference Chairperson
Available Mon-Fri 
9:30am-5pm est

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