Conference Backgound:
The ability to maximize NPD efforts in today’s
economic climate is vital. Companies cannot afford to allocate limited resources to
projects or advanced technology developments that don’t lead to bottom-line growth.
Yet if you only invest in the "sure thing" projects, are you missing out on a
potential blockbuster?
If you’re like most product developers, you’ve been
searching for that elusive set of metrics that can not only measure performance but also
accurately predict potential payback on new product initiatives. However, selecting and
prioritizing your portfolio of projects is only half the battle – you also need to
have the operational capacity to execute the product portfolio plan and ensure that the right
projects get properly resourced at all times.
Management Roundtable’s 8th annual conference, Product
Development and R&D Metrics: Quantifying Innovation, Portfolio Value and Resource
Capacity, November 3 –6, 2003 in Chicago will bring together
leading metrics experts and advanced industry practitioners to explore the latest
approaches and methods to:
- assess the value of hard-to-quantify variables including R&D
investments, potential new products and technology development
- determine where the real economic leverage is in your portfolio
– know what to invest in and what to cut
- gauge your resource capacity – know what resources you have,
when they will be available and when outsourcing may be the better option
- align portfolio strategy with technology development strategy
- dynamically allocate and reallocate resources
- reduce metrics complexity and reach consensus on the critical few
This year’s program format will include keynote addresses,
industry implementation/how-to case studies, facilitated Q&A, expert clinics,
pre/post-conference workshops and networking sessions – affording you multiple
opportunities to interact with speakers, metrics experts and conference participants to
ensure that your individual questions can be answered.
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