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Competitive Analysis

Posted on 01.18.21

This course discusses competitive analysis from a product innovation perspective. Companies and individuals that are Learning about innovation define innovation, strategy, and competition to understand opportunities.

Competitive Analysis is intended for all levels within an organization. The course takes about 2 hours to complete online.

Objectives:

  • Define strategy and explain why it is important to product innovation
  • Identify the most common strategic innovation frameworks
  • Be able to characterize and classify direct and indirect competitors
  • Analyze your competition using simple strategy analysis tools

You will apply the skills of competitive analysis through homework, tests, and quizzes. Course materials include a mix of audio, video, and reading assignments. Upon successful completion of the course (75% or higher test scores), you will receive a completion certificate validating 2 PDH.

WAGILE Product Development

Posted on 11.16.20

Follow-Up Impact Survey

Posted on 10.28.20

Please complete the NPD Process Workshop follow-up impact survey.

These survey questions are designed to engage your thinking, planning, and implementation of innovation and project management best practices from the learning session presented in October 2020.  Both the training session and survey serve to influence active governance of project management practices in your organization. 

Learning and implementation into daily work activities takes time.  Additionally, applications are often identified and evaluated for
implementation.  Thus, we have asked you to take the time to practice and
apply the techniques from the NPD Processes Workshop. 

Please answer the questions below and respond considering your
individual, team, departmental, and organizational improvements including those with supervisors and customers.

Click Start the Assessment in the box below. There are 12 questions in the survey, and you will spend 5-10 minutes to complete it.

Please address any questions to teresa@globalnpsolutions.com
regarding your influence as a leader within our organization. 

Thanks for your continued efforts in building innovation leadership.

NPDP Practice Exams

Posted on 06.10.20

Access the practice exams for the New Product Development Professional certification here.

Follow-Up Impact Survey (Haas/Barth Haas)

Posted on 05.14.20

These survey questions are designed to engage your thinking, planning, and implementation of innovation and project management best practices from the learning session presented on 17 & 18 February 2020.  Both the training session and survey serve to influence active governance of project management practices in your organization.  To benchmark The Greenhouse’s improvement in innovation leadership, please submit your post-training responses to the Innovation Health Assessment (click here).

Learning and implementation into daily work activities takes time.  Additionally, applications are often identified and evaluated for implementation.  Thus, we have asked you to take the time to practice and apply the techniques from the Innovation Best Practices Workshop.  Please answer the questions below and respond considering your individual, team, departmental, and organizational improvements including those with supervisors and customers.

Please click Start the Assessment in the box below. There are 10 questions in the survey, and you will spend 5-10 minutes to complete it.

Please address any questions to teresa@simple-pdh.com regarding your influence as a leader at Haas/Barth Haas.  Thanks for your continued efforts in building innovation leadership.

Follow-Up Impact Survey (AVIXA)

Posted on 04.16.20

These survey questions are designed to engage your thinking, planning, and implementation of innovation and project management best practices from the learning session presented on 22 & 23 January 2020.  Both the training session and survey serve to influence active governance of project management practices in your organization.  To benchmark AVIXA’s improvement in innovation management, please submit your post-training responses to the Innovation Health Assessment (click here).

Learning and implementation into daily work activities takes time.  Additionally, applications are often identified and evaluated for implementation.  Thus, we have asked you to take the time to practice and apply the techniques from the Innovation Tools Workshop.  Please answer the questions below and respond considering your individual, team, departmental, and organizational improvements including those with supervisors and customers.

Please click Start the Assessment in the box below. There are 10 questions in the survey and you will spend 5-10 minutes to complete it.

Please address any questions to teresa@simple-pdh.com regarding your influence as a leader at AVIXA.  Thanks for your continued efforts in building innovation leadership.

The Innovation ANSWER Book

Posted on 02.04.20

This is the online reference textbook for University of Liege Marketing course February – May 2020.

Protected: Life Design Master Mind

Posted on 11.19.19

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Innovation Health Assessment

Posted on 05.28.19

The Innovation Health Assessment builds the foundation for the Flagship Innovation Leader Program.

As you complete the assessment, consider your organization and a recent innovation project and project team. You receive a personalized Innovation Health Assessment Report, offering specific steps to take your innovation and new product development program to the next level of success.

Please Register as a user to automatically have a copy of your Innovation Health Assessment Report delivered to your inbox. Registration prevents spam and ensures data integrity. We will never sell your contact information and you’ll receive our monthly innovation newsletter, The Village as a bonus! You will spend only about 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

Feel free to contact us at info@Simple-PDH.com with any questions.

After you register to receive your complimentary Innovation Health Assessment Report, click on “Start the Assessment” in the table below to begin

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Project Cost Estimating

Posted on 03.10.16

Price:  US $54.95 (60 day enrollment period)

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All projects require a cost estimate to evaluate the relative benefits of the project, prepare an adequate financial budget for the project, and request funding for the project.  Product, project, and engineering managers all should understand how to prepare and interpret a project cost estimate.  This two-hour course describes the primary processes in project cost estimating including the estimating individual activity costs, preparing a project budget, and monitoring and controlling the cost performance of the project during implementation.

Projects are often evaluated for success by the triple constraint measuring fulfillment of the scope, schedule, and budget.  Thus, project managers are tasked to prepare realistic cost estimates, gain funding for the project, and execute the project within the approved project budget.  Project cost estimating involves sequential processes of estimating costs,determining the budget, and controlling costs.

In this course, you will learn the basics of Project Cost Estimating including different levels of cost estimates, how to prepare a time-phased project budget, and controlling the project costs using the technique of Earned Value Management (EVM).  At the successful completion of this two-hour course, you will be awarded 2 PDHs.  Each lesson is composed of one or more topics which will require an average of two minutes to complete.

You are not enrolled in this course.

Please click Registration above to get a free login ID and password, then learn more about Project Cost Estimating.  If you are already have a login ID and password, please click Log In in the upper right hand corner to add this course to your learning plan.

Click here to access the first lesson FREE!

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