Syllabus-Certified Product Development Manager

  1. Business Strategy and Product Development Strategy
    • Integrating Business Strategy and Product Development Strategy
    • Product Development Strategy
    • Business Planning Questions to Consider
    • Research and Development Investment
    • Revenue and Profit Objectives
    • Strategic Allocation for Portfolio Management
  2. Innovation and Idea Management
    • Fostering Innovation
    • Open Innovation
    • Managing Intellectual Property
    • Idea Capture and Management
  3. Portfolio Management
    • Portfolio Management Objectives
    • Portfolio Management Methods
    • Portfolio Management Scoring
    • Portfolio Management Prioritization
    • Portfolio Management Tools
    • Calculating Financial Return
    • Portfolio Management Process & Timing
    • Testing the Portfolio Plan
    • Organizational Roles and Responsibilities
  4. Pipeline and Resource Management
    • Queuing Theory – Schedule vs. Utilization
    • Effect of Overloaded Resources
    • Planning and Managing Resource Requirements
    • Project Initiation and Pull Scheduling
    • Assigning Resources & Resolving Conflicts
    • Flow Management
    • Project Capacity & Release Rate
    • Resolving Project Schedule and Resource Issues
  5. Product Development Process
    • Process Definition Objectives
    • Elements of Process Definition
    • Meeting Standards – ISO 9001 and Industry-Specific Versions
    • Phase-Gate / Stage-Gate® Process
    • Gate Review Process
    • Gate Review Criteria & Scoring
  6. Project Organization
    • Matrix Organization
    • Functional Manager Role
    • Product Manager Role
    • Project Manager Role
    • Cross-Functional Product Teams
    • Empowerment of Teams
  7. Market Definition
    • Customer Segments
    • Market Definition
    • Customers Characteristics
    • Product Strategy
    • Planning VOC Research
  8. Target Costing
    • Target Costing Process
    • Basis for a Target Price
    • Pricing Strategies
    • Deriving and Allocating the Target Cost
    • Cost Estimating
    • Tracking Target Cost Achievement
  9. Project Planning and Management
    • Project Definition, Scope & Strategy
    • Project Constraints – The Iron Triangle
    • Project Tasks & Responsibilities
    • Work Breakdown Structure
    • Task Durations, Sequence and Dependencies
    • Estimating Effort & Resources
    • Balancing and Level-Loading Resources
    • Project Critical Path and Schedule
    • Gantt and PERT charts
    • Project Risk Management
    • Project Change Control
    • Critical Chain Project Management
    • Capturing Project Time and Costs
    • Monitoring and Reporting Project Progress
    • Earned Value Reporting and Estimate to Complete
    • Responding to Project Problems
    • Project Business Case
  10. Design Verification and Validation
    • Verification and Validation Plan
    • Design Reviews
    • Design and Process Validation
    • Regulatory Requirements and Certification
  11. Quality Management
    • Advanced Product Quality Planning
    • ISO 9001 Quality Management
    • Six Sigma Design Process
    • Critical to Quality Characteristics
  12. Configuration Management
    • Product Lifecycle Management
    • Configuration Baseline
    • Engineering Change Control
  13. Product Management
    • Branding Strategy
    • Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
    • Product Launch
    • Product Support
    • Extending Product Life
    • Product Derivatives
    • Product Phase-Out
  14. Lean Product Development Practices
    • Lean Design
    • Platforms and Product Re-Use
    • Set-Based Design
    • Waste in Product Development
    • 5S in Product Development
    • Flow Process and Pull Scheduling
    • Reducing Batch Sizes
    • Deferring Commitment
    • Amplifying Learning