Product Development
Successful Product Development
This course covers how  best-in-class new product processes (or Stage-Gate process) work, and how to improve or overhaul your NPD process.  Portfolio management and Stage Gate processes form the basis of the course.
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Organising the NPD Function
This course covers the organisational aspects which lead to successful product development.  It includes team composition, reporting structures, project management issues, and governance issues.
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Picking Winners
This course covers how to evaluate and select the right new product projects. How to make “gates” more effective – get the right project information, what criteria to use to make Go/Kill decisions
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Managing the Fuzzy Front End
The sourcing and transfer of ideas to the formal Stage- Gate® process is one of the most intangible aspects of NPD. This session gives you guidance on the tools that are available to source, develop concept proposals and evaluate new ideas.
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Idea Generation and Development
This is a two part workshop where ideas are developed through a technique called the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique. This part of the workshop is presented by Synnovation (a strategic partner company).
The second part of the seminar is to take those ideas and develop a solid concept study (mini- business plan) covering market, product definition, financial measures, and timelines
For more information please contact  Coen Bester