Cutting-edge techniques to tackle the chaos, risk, and complexity of
NPD projects and programs...to generate new revenue and growth
 Presented
by Management Roundtable
with support from
the Project Management Institute NPD SIG
Tuesday,
October 21
Roundtable Discussions /
Best Practice Exchange:
How are other practitioners implementing
and leveraging methods such lean, agility, critical chain, and
phase-gate? What are they doing to build momentum and increase
organizational competency? How are they customizing, adapting and/or
combining processes to stay ahead of the curve? The Roundtable
session is intended as a best-practice exchange among peers,
facilitated by an expert who can offer input and answer specific
questions. It is not a lecture or workshop, so be prepared to
bring questions and ideas to share -- a great way to meet others
with interests similar to your own.
All levels of experience welcome.
Choose the area of most importance to you:
Lean NPD/Toyota’s principles
– How do you capture and reuse subsystem knowledge as opposed to
procedural based processes for top-down system development? How
does this differ from a business process approach to
development? What should you do about the change issues and
sacred cows you’ll likely encounter?
Agility – How do you
move from structure and control to flexibility? What techniques
(such as Rolling Wave, prototyping, rapid experimentation, etc.)
are effective in what situations? How do you get people to shift
their thinking, break their habits? How do you establish teams?
How do you reward? How do you encourage "fast failure"?
Phase Gate – Though a
proven and widely implemented process, controversies arise about
how to gain the benefits of gate reviews without being slowed
down by them. Topics might include 'right sizing' the gate
reviews and clarifying the role(s) of functional organizations
around technical reviews; comparison of tools such as PACE™,
stage-gate™, etc., and more.
Critical Chain – The
paybacks of using CCPM in a multi-project environment are known
to be quick and significant; even so, cultural issues often get
in the way. How do you get the most impact and organizational
buy-in? Are there tools and approaches that make adoption
easier? What other "insider" tips can you use to optimize
resources and overcome constraints?
Wednesday Morning, Oct 22
Breakfast
Roundtables
These sessions are similar to the
Tuesday afternoon Roundtable Discussions – interactive, peer-based,
and expertly facilitated. The difference is these will be on
different aspects of implementation and management, regardless of
the methodology (six sigma, lean, etc) in use. Topics include
- Managing Risk
at the Front-End
- Getting New
Initiatives Up & Running Fast
- Project
Recovery
- Using Metrics
Effectively,
and
- Creating Fast,
Committed Teams
The experts leading these discussions
are:
- Bill Duncan, principal of Project Management Partners
and primary author of the 1994 and 1996 versions of A Guide
to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK®)
- Cinda Voegtli, president, ProjectConnections.com and
past president of the IEEE Engineering Management Society
- Hans Thamhain, Professor of Management, Project
Management & MOT Programs, Bentley College
- Adam Josephs, Partner, Celerity Consulting Group LLC
Wayne Mackey, Principal, Product Development
Consulting, Inc.
– each of whom has extensive PM and NPD knowledge and experience,
and can tailor the discussions based on your input.
The objectives of these sessions are, again, to introduce you to
colleagues wrestling with similar issues and to get you some
practical, applicable answers to your specific questions.
NOTE: Each roundtable
is limited in size, first-come, first-served. (Registrants will be
sent a sign-up sheet in advance).
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