Schedule
5 days with:
8 intense lectures of 30 to 90 minutes
4 hours of hot question sessions & in depth consultative sessions
4 reflection and networking sessions to digest insights
Multiple opportunities for organized networking and exchange between the participants
Day 1, October 28, 2021 – Critical Success Drivers and Challenges From Digitalization
Morning
8:30
Technical check in (2 time slots of 30 minutes each)
9:30
Ice breaker session, introduction of participants
10:30
End of morning session
Afternoon
13:00
Introduction to the event series, objectives, agenda
13:15
Innovation Challenges and Why New Products Succeed (Cooper)
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Winners versus losers – what do the best firms do differently?
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What are the really important common denominators of new-product success?
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The seven most important practices to build into your new-product methods
15:00
Gap analysis current practice vs. best practice
15:20
Digital Transformation and New Product Development (Cooper)
- The new digital world for manufacturers – smart or digital products
- Digital tools to accelerate the process (e.g. 3D prototyping, modeling, simulations, AR, VR, AI)
- Developing digital platforms – using a new model, Stage-Gate-TPD
16:00
Hot questions & in depth consultative session (Cooper)
16:30
End of day 1
Day 2, October 29, 2021 – 5th Generation Stage-Gate®
Morning
8:30
Gates with teeth including Qi Stop or Go (Dreher / Fürst)
9:15
Exchange on decision making between participants
9:45
End of morning session
Afternoon
13:00
Open questions from previous sessions (Cooper)
13:15
Fifth Generation Stage Gate® – Interactive, Adaptive, Lean, Accelerated (Cooper)
- What the best new product systems look like, and how they work
- Adapting your process – for different sizes and types of projects
- Interactive development – getting the product right, faster
- Parallel processing and simultaneous execution – accelerating the process
- Value stream analysis – making the innovation process leaner, more productive, faster
15:00
Interactive exercise: Making interactive & lean development work in your business
15:30
Hot questions & in depth consultative session (Cooper)
16:30
End of day 2
Day 3, November 2, 2021 – Agile Development and Agile Stage-Gate Hybrid Model
Morning
8:30
Idea to Project Process: Challenges and Solutions in the Front-End of Innovation (Fürst)
9:15
Boost your Innovation Management with Accolade – Software Presentation (Sopheon)
10:00
End of morning session
Afternoon
13:00
Welcome again, re-connect, review agenda (Cooper)
13:15
Merging Agile with Stage Gate: The Best of Both Worlds (Cooper)
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Borrowing Agile methods from software for physical product development by manufacturers
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Applying Agile methods within your Stage-Gate system for both hardware and hardware/software
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Results achieved by manufacturing firms from this new method
14:15
Making Agile Stage Gate Work in Your Business (Cooper)
- Getting management buy-in
- Dealing with evolving product definitions versus design freezes; and what about project plans and VoC?
- Finding the needed resources for dedicated teams
- When to use Agile-Stage-Gate? What about gates?
15:00
Interactive exercise: Making "agile" work in your business
15:30
Hot questions & in depth consultative session (Cooper)
16:30
End of day 3
Day 4, November 3, 2021 – Innovation Culture, Strategy, and Portfolio Management
Morning
8:30
Creating the Right Climate & the Agile Stage Gate Mindset (Dreher)
9:00
Interactive exercise: Working on the right mindset for innovation
10:00
End of morning session
Afternoon
13:00
Open questions from third session (Cooper)
13:15
Your Business’s Product Innovation Strategy (Cooper)
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Setting goals & objectives for product innovation
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Ensuring a robust innovation strategy in this fast-paced and digital world
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Deciding where to focus and how – strategic arenas and attack plans
14:15
Managing Your Innovation Portfolio (Cooper)
- Effective project selection – best-practice methods, including profiling, scorecards, and the productivity index
- Dealing with risk, uncertainty, project ambiguity (as in Agile projects)
- Using strategic buckets to get the right mix & balance of projects
14:45
Interactive exercise: innovation strategy and portfolio management in your organization
15:30
Hot questions & in depth consultative session (Cooper)
16:30
End of day 4
Day 5, November 4, 2021 – Network and Plan Your Next Steps
Afternoon
14:00
Networking and Exchange Platform for the Participants
- in similar industries
- with same challenges
- that are completely different
In depth consultative session – reflect your change plans with experienced consultants of the organizer
15:30
Next steps for you: Making it work in your own company
16:00
End of seminar, beginning of implementation
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