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

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Making Decisions

I told Siri, “Thank you,” twice yesterday. Of course, I know Siri is not real and can’t hear me and doesn’t care if I say thank you or not. But Siri gave me a route through traffic in an unfamiliar neighborhood where I was driving. And I was grateful when “she” pointed me to the… Read More >

Leader A and Leader B

I just finished reading “The Leader You Want to Be” by Amy Jen Su. She paints a vivid picture of two leaders – one who is firing on all cylinders and is content and another who is spinning his wheels and feeling frustrated. She calls the first person “Leader A” and the second “Leader B”…. Read More >

What to Do When Waiting

When I was in grad school at the University of Washington in Seattle, I did not own a car. I took the bus to campus and home to my apartment in the Northgate mall area. While I was on the bus, I would read journal articles related to my research project. It was great to… Read More >