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Forecasting for Product Managers

Forecasting is an important skill for all managers and plays a significant role in the success of product innovation. Product managers forecast expected sales and costs to establish a business case as context for new product development. Forecasts are also used to plan manufacturing and resourcing (materials and talent) throughout the life cycle of a product.

Both qualitative and quantitative methods are deployed in successful product forecasting. There are many statistical methods used to build accuracy in forecasts. Benchmarking is a form of forecasting to compare against world-class and average competitors.

Course Objectives

  • Define forecasting for product management
  • Understand the various time horizons and models for forecasting
  • Explain special factors and accuracy of a new product forecast
  • Use sample data to create a quantitative sales forecast

This course takes about one hour to complete. With a passing score of 80% or greater on the final quiz, each participant can download a Completion Certificate showing 1 PDH. You will be able to access the Completion Certificate through the “My Account” setting.

Competitive Analysis

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 (80% or higher test scores on the final quiz), you will receive a completion certificate validating 2 PDH. You can also download your Completion Certificate under the “My Account” settings at any time in the future.

Follow-Up Impact Survey

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

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

Follow-Up Impact Survey (Haas/Barth Haas)

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)

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

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

Innovation Health Assessment

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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