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E I G H T H  A N N U A L   C O N F E R E N C E
Product Development and R&D Metrics
Quantifying Innovation, Portfolio Value and Resource Capacity
November 3-6, 2003 / Chicago, IL

Key Benefits:

By participating in this conference, you will learn –

  • How to quantify the quality of your company’s technological capabilities and the prospects of your R&D efforts
  • How to effectively deploy a corporate scorecard and remove barriers to organizational buy-in
  • How to determine the right number and mix of projects and stay focused on those with the greatest profit potential
  • How to access and leverage intangible assets in product development
  • How to successfully build alignment, ownership and simplicity in your metrics initiatives
  • Strategies to successfully cascade corporate objectives throughout your organization
  • How to develop and deploy an innovation scorecard
  • How to measure and assess the impact of the resource demand and capacity constraints on NPD execution success
  • How to determine if your company invests in the right processes and metrics to effectively run the business
  • How to create and implement a metrics project dashboard – a standardize project tool that communicates project health, schedule, scope and resource adherence to plan
  • Strategies to use metrics to intelligently allocate scarce resources
  • How to align product portfolio and technology development strategies
  • About metrics for portfolio analysis – how to set priorities, determine payback and predict future value