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C O N F E R E N C E
Improving R&D Productivity:
How to Link Resource Management to Portfolio Process
March 29-31, 2004 / Atlanta, GA

Agenda

Monday, March 29

Pre-Conference Workshops
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 12:00 Workshop A:
Aligning, Allocating and Acquiring the Right Skills for a Resource Limited Environment

Instructor: Wayne Mackey, Product Development Consulting, Inc.

Workshop B:
Strategic Tools for R&D Project Selection and Structure
Instructor: Ximena Leroux and Brian Meeker, Deloitte Consulting

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 Workshop C:
Improving Portfolio and Pipeline Throughout with Dynamic Resource Allocation
Instructor: Mark Deck and Vineet Dalal, PRTM Consulting

Workshop D:
Probabilistic Resource Accounting: Generating High Confidence Staffing Plans for the Uncertain World of R&D
Instructor: Mark Durrenberger, Oak Associates

Tuesday, March 30

Conference Day One
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 –8:15 Welcoming Remarks
Management Roundtable
8:15 – 9:30 Keynote Presentation
Key Strategies to Drive R&D Capacity and Productivity

Michael S. Allen, Strategic Decisions Group

I. Assessing Resources vs. Needs

9:30 – 10:30 Case Study
Improving Product Development through Pipeline Management

Paul Aspinwall, IBM
10:30-10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45-11:45 Case Study
A Framework for Integrating Resource Management with Critical Decision Making Processes in NPD
Paul R. Bunch, Eli Lilly & Company
11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Featured Presentation
Key Pipeline Practices Drive Effective Capacity Management

Bradford L. Goldense, Goldense Group Inc.
2:00-3:00 Case Study
How HP Optimizes the Use of Scarce R&D Resources
Michael Menke & Ralph Morales, Hewlett-Packard
3:00-3:15 Refreshment Break

II. Mapping Resources to Strategic Goals

3:15-4:15 Case Study
Active Business Portfolio Management

Paul D. Ries, The Dow Chemical Company
4:15-5:15 Featured Presentation
Managing the Impact of Portfolio Shifts on Resource Management
Peter Dierauer, Honeywell Sensing & Control
5:15-5:30 Closing Remarks
5:30-7:00 Networking Reception

Wednesday, March 31

Conference Day Two
7:00 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 9:15 Keynote Presentation
Why Good Decisions Fail to Deliver Results
Jeff Elton, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

II. Deploying Resources for Maximum Productivity

9:15-10:15 Case Study
Improving NPD Execution - Resource Capacity Planning & Management
C. Emery Powell, Texas Instruments
10:15-10:45 Refreshment Break
10:4512:00 Roundtable Discussions
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Case Study
Dynamically Optimizing Global Resources
Bill Branan, Motorola, Inc.
2:00-3:00 Case Study
Evolving Processes and Tool-sets to Drive Resource Allocation and Portfolio Management Decisions
Clinton J. Wolfe, IMS Health
3:00 Conference Wrap-up