Course Summary:

Project Management Skills for New Product Development

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Topics

Introduction to New Product Development Projects
Scope Management Review and Application to New Product Projects
Time Management Review and Application to New Product Development Projects
Cost Management Review and Application in New Product Development
Human Resource Management
Communications Management
Procurement Management
Quality Management
Risk Management Review and Application to New Product Development
Multiple Projects and Program Management

Audience

The course will be valuable to a broad range of engineering and technical professionals:

Design and project engineers
Scientists and researchers
Technical leaders
Technical project managers
Other professionals wanting to expand their knowledge of tools and techniques to make their new product development project activities more effective and efficient

Benefits

At this practical course, you’ll learn how to

Align projects with organizational strategies
Manage innovation with “project” techniques
Achieve project objectives within resource limitations
Effectively schedule despite ill-defined or unknown activity durations
Accelerate the product development timeline

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 15 Professional Development Hours (PDH), 15 AIA Learning Units (LU) and 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

Instructors

Doug Schmidt, Senior Consultant, Schmidt & Balliet, Sussex, Wisconsin

Bruce D. Kieffer, Program Director, Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

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