Customers will change their minds whether you want them to or not

1. Flexible Product Development
September 26-27, 2011 CII Innovation Center, Shanghai
Preston Smith
I nn ov at i o n
t WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Management professionals from:
o R&D
o Innovation
o Product Development
o Process Improvement/Re-Engineering
o Manufacturing
5 REASONS TO ATTEND:
o Customers will change their minds whether you want them to or not
o As soon as you freeze your specification your competitor has a chance to steal
your business
o Product technologies change before you can bring them to market
o New market opportunities are emerging all the time
o Your business plan challenges you to introduce more new-to-world and
new-to-us products – but your processes don’t really support this
Organizer:
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2. Flexible Product Development
September 26-27, 2011 CII Innovation Center, Shanghai
Day 1 Agenda Morning Sessions Day 1 Agenda Afternoon Sessions
Session 1 Understanding Flexibility Session 3 Modular Product Architectures
Session 2 Customers and Product
Requirements
Session 4 Experimentation
Organizer
Session 5 Set-Based Design
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3. Flexible Product Development
September 26-27, 2011 CII Innovation Center, Shanghai
Day 2 Agenda Morning Sessions Day 2 Agenda Afternoon Sessions
Session 3 Project Management (Continued)
Session 2 Decision Making
Organizer
Session 3 Project Management
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4. Flexible Product Development
September 26-27, 2011 CII Innovation Center, Shanghai
About the Workshop Leader
Preston has concentrated on rapid and flexible product
development methods for over twenty years. He founded New
Product Dynamics in 1986 to bring rapid development expertise to
industry as an independent consultant. Clients in 25 countries span
the packaged goods, electronics, software, medical, industrial
equipment, and motor vehicle industries.His engagements include
flexible and prototype-driven product development, project risk
management, and high-performance global development teams.
Preston's consulting and training services include discovering
cost-effective opportunities for improving a company's
development cycle, guiding the implementation of industry-leading
development methods. He has led over a hundred
product development workshops in North America, “Speed has always been a critical element
Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. in the product design process. But as
Preston Smith points out, one must be
extraordinarily flexible as well in one’s
Preston has published 3 books: Developing Products in development and innovation processes. In
Half the Time,now in its third edition with 100, 000 the light-speed world we live in, as Smith
so poignantly points out, one’s ability to
copies in use in English, plus six translated editions;
use intelligent, knowledge-based flexibility
Proactive Risk Management, which won the 2003 PMI is an imperative to winning every day.”
Organizer David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award,
Michael D. Thieneman, Executive Vice
and his most recent one Flexible Product Development.
President, Whirlpool Corporation
Before his concentration on management consulting,
Preston spent twenty years as an engineer and manager “Preston provides exceptionally
with IBM, AT&T, GM, Pratt&Whitney Aircraft, and detailed treatment of techniques
to help any program manager
various smaller companies. He holds an engineering lead difficult, constantly
Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is a founder of the changing projects. His many
Agile Project Leadership Network, a member of the examples show how these tools
work in the real world.”
Product Development and Management Association and
of the Agile Alliance. Preston is listed in Who's Who in Jim Callahan, Senior Program
the West and Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Manager, C-Cor
he is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
Companies who have attended his workshops in Greater
China include:ABB, Dell, Dow Corning, GE Medical
Systems, Philips, Oracle, SAP, P&G, A.O.Smith, Bayer,
Emerson, Invensys, Molex, Unilever, Schneider, Siemens,
Ericsson, Osram, Motorola, Agilent, HP, Nestle, 3M,
Invista, Jabil, Johnson & Johnson, Mettler – Toledo, Otis
and Many others.
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5. Flexible Product Development
September 26-27, 2011 CII Innovation Center, Shanghai
China Institute for Innovation is a consulting and academic
organization established specifically to help Chinese
companies, multinational organizations and government
agencies to meet the needs for world-class expertise in
innovation.
CII is a leading innovation education, training, research, and
networking institute in China.
CII offers a wide variety of
programs to help people at all
levels and in all roles to
understand and master the
principles and practices of
innovation, to help their
organizations succeed in the
innovation- driven economy.
Organizer
Alcatel, Bayer, Li-Ning Sports, Cadbury, C-Bons,
Changhong, Conexant, DSM, Emerson, EPCOS, GE,
Gemalto, Grammer Automotive, Haier, Huntsman, Intel
Shanghai, Invista, Johnson & Johnson, Kohler, Kone,
Kraft, Lenovo, Nokia, Packetfront, Philips,
Perfect,Putzmeister, Saint-Gobain, Schneider Electric,
Shanghai Ericcson, Tencent, Verigy, etc.
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