NPDP

New Product Development Professional (NPDP)

Certified by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), New Product Development Professionals (NPDPs) demonstrate education, knowledge, and experience within the field of innovation. NPDPs require 60 professional development hours (PDH) during each three (3) year period.

Please browse courses below to start earning PDHs. We also offer NPDP workshops – check the schedule for our next available classroom course.

Study. Learn. Earn. Simple.

Project Cost Estimating

Disruptive Innovation

NPDP Certification

A division of Global NP Solutions, LLC

Routines for Innovation Teams

Last week, we discussed two key arenas for success with innovation teams – communication and the project charter. Good communication is obvious in all areas of our lives, but we are often staggeringly inept at sharing information when needed by others. The project charter is a critical guiding document for the team that lays out… Read More >

Two Skills for Innovation Teams

There is no question the innovation is hard work! It is challenging to identify and create technical solutions to solve customers’ problems. It is even more challenging to really identify those customer needs. Yet, innovation and new product development (NPD) are especially fun areas in which to work. We have the opportunity to make… Read More >

If Steph Curry has a Coach, Why Don’t You?

I like to watch sports on TV especially college football and pro basketball. I like it best when my team wins but that doesn’t always happen. Regardless of whether teams are perpetual winners or are growing in their capabilities, coaches play an important role in sports. I’m sometimes amazed at the number of coaches that… Read More >