New product development projects are
unique. While they must be on schedule and budget like other
projects, that’s just the baseline. The true measure of success is
not how much money or time is saved, it’s how much revenue, growth
and competitive advantage is gained.
To get ahead, you must take risks, anticipate sudden changes, and
work with ambiguity, yet not compromise quality. You must motivate
people who may not report to you, juggle conflicting priorities,
make quick decisions -- all while staying sharply focused on the
finish line.
To innovate, you can’t use rusty tools -- or the same ones
repeatedly.
That is why Management Roundtable, with strong support from
the Project Management Institute NPD SIG, is pleased to announce the
First International Conference on NPD Project Innovation '03,
to be held October 20-22, 2003 in Fort Worth, Texas.
The purpose of NPD Project Innovation '03 is to
provide you with an array of
cutting-edge techniques, tools and strategies specifically for
New Product Development; approaches to tackle risk,
unpredictability, and complexity; approaches that allow you to be
nimble no matter what curveballs are thrown your way.
This comprehensive event will bring together a topnotch faculty
of renowned experts and industry leaders to share both what they
have done and what they recommend. They will tell you how to lead
and drive projects that run the gamut from fast-track, high-risk,
difficult and "bet the farm" to global, outsourced, co-developed,
and large-scale complex programs.
They will tell you which approaches to use when, what fads to
avoid, how not to get stuck in a rut, why you need more than one,
and how to put them together.
Case studies and roundtables will focus on three key areas:
- Innovative processes and techniques:
How to apply new
management approaches and tools as well as how to work with
agile, lean, six sigma, critical chain and stage-gate methods in
new ways
- Managing information:
Rapid decision-making, dealing with
chaos, tracking and allocating resources, performance
measurement, using IT tools
- Leadership and motivation:
How to go from simply
monitoring projects to truly leading them; how to inspire and
align team members (including external partners, customers and
suppliers)
By participating, you will come away with a fresh perspective and
reinvigorated ability to lead NPD projects -- from concept to test
to delivery, from single to multiple – to generate innovation,
growth and revenue.
