ADVANCED STAGE-GATE TECHNIQUES FOR EXPERIENCED INNOVATORS
This two-day training is geared to help advance your NPD process to the next
level so you drive ideas from inception-to-launch, more effectively and efficiently
while managing risk. Adopt advanced techniques that will improve the five most
important aspects of a NPD process.
SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE
DAY ONE
Tailoring and Streamlining Your New Product Process to Handle Different
Types of Projects
- Streamlining your idea-to-launch system
- Right-sizing it to suit different types of development projects
- Discovering the different versions of idea-to-launch systems
- Effective handling of platform developments and technology development
projects
- Moving long lead activities forward, overlapping stages
Removing the Time-Wasters to Accelerate the Idea-to-Launch System
- Dramatically decrease time-to-market
- Identify non-value added activities and removing waste
- Add flexibility to your Stage-Gate process
- Use 'value stream analysis' and flow-charting
- Continuous improvement and effective post-launch reviews
Team Breakout: Use one of the techniques to remove waste and accelerate a project
to market, using a real-life case study exercise
Ensuring the Resources Are In Place to Accelerate the Idea-to-Launch
Process
- ‘Profiling’ and team approaches to making
better time and resource estimates
DAY TWO
Data Integrity and Getting the Facts
- Building-in the voice of customer
- Getting the product definition right
- Making more accurate cost and sales estimates – better data integrity
- Using 'spiral development' – to better manage fluid info and flexible
product definitions
- Conducting a resource capacity analysis
- Effectively committing resources at gates
Implementing Good Governance in NPD – Getting the Gates Working
Right
- Using scorecards and the concept of 'lean gates with teeth'
- Accelerating the decision-making process via virtual gates, electronic
gates and self-managed gates
- Understanding the role of the Process Manager
- Gatekeeper 'rules of engagement' and running effective gate meetings
Back to Business – An Implementation Action Plan
Q+A and Wrap-up of Event
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