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The Village is an informational monthly bulletin for New Product Development Professionals, offering strategic innovation approaches to improve the efficiency and profitability in bringing your company's new ideas to the marketplace.
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- The Village - December 2013
- The Village - November 2013
- Special Issue of The Village - Year End 2012
- The Village - October 2013
- Learn how adaptive and flexible strategies can help you innovate in today's fast-changing markets.
- The Village - September 2013
- Small projects benefit from project management practices. Learn which tools can help small projects the most.
- The Village - August 2013
- Organizing project teams for success.
- The Village - July 2013
- Learn techniques to address the most common misconceptions of NPD measurement.
- The Village - June 2013
- Using a flexible strategy can help a business take advantage of innovation wins while the competition strives to keep up!
- The Village - May 2013
- Learn three tips to manage the schedule on any product development project.
- The Village - April 2013
- Creativity is a must for successful innovation. In the April newsletter, we describe four (4) tips to engage your new product development teams with creative problem-solving techniques.
- The Village - March 2013
- Leadership involves understanding the innovation project type, choosing an effective team structure and managing each team member effectively. This article is for newbies and experienced professionals alike!
- The Village - February 2013
- The path to innovation requires attention to customers, technology, and the market. Learn tips on how to be successful from best practices in industry.
- The Village - January 2013
- Disruptive innovation is a tremendous theory. In this newsletter we look at the basis and criticism of Christensen's work.
- The Village - December 2012
- Post-launch reviews are an overlooked best practice for new product development. This month we focus on continuous learning for innovation improvements.
- The Village - November 2012
- Learn three approaches for innovation strategy - definitions, customers, and core capabilities lead the effort.
- The Village - October 2012
- Three tips and techniques to help you become more efficient to manage time restrictions with innovation and NPD projects.
- The Village - September 2012
- Planning an innovation program requires consideration of the firm's strategy. We offer tools to help you streamline this process.
- The Village - August 2012
- Looking at Real Options to better value longer-term NPD projects.
- The Village - July 2012
- Managing NPD projects - focusing on the special project aspects of innovation.
- The Village - June 2012
- Look at how team structures can help innovation succeed.
- The Village - May 2012
- Learn how organizational culture impacts innovation teams through teams, leadership, and creativity.
- The Village - April 2012
- What's the difference between a product manager and a project manager?
- The Village - March 2012
- Take away actionable tips to fight three most common innovation myths regarding customers, technology, and strategy.
- The Village - February 2012
- You've got great people and a wealth of experience. Here's how to apply these core competencies to ideas, teams, and customers.
- The Village - January 2012
- Learn the 5 steps to identify your strategic capabilities and improve your innovation profit.
- The Village - December 2011
- This month we discuss three questions (and answers!) you might be asking about strategy. These tips work to improve your innovation success.
- The Village - November 2011
- Are you putting your customers first in innovation? This month's feature article discusses three focal points for Customer-Centric Innovation. You can't miss this one!
- The Village - October 2011
- This month's featured article covers five steps to profitable New Product Development.
1.Create a Process.
2.Keep it Simple.
3.Communicate.
4.Kill Bad Projects.
5.Conduct Post-Launch Reviews. - The Village - September 2011
- Learn why budgets are important for new products and to manage the existing product line.
- The Village - August 2011
- This month we offer a thorough review of portfolio management to direct your innovation efforts. Also, check out a new ebook on why and how to prepare a budget.
- The Village - July 2011
- Virtual, or dispersed, teams are a fact of life in a globally competitive world. Learn 4 tips to make your Virtual NPD Teams more successful.
- The Village - June 2011
- Confused about lean product development? Learn three steps to get started now.
- The Village - May 2011
- Early stage NPD processes, known as the Fuzzy Front End, should focus on customer impressions and market research. Learn techniques for each stage here.
- The Village - April 2011
- Follow five people through a typical day to learn more about the team member roles in successful New Product Development teams.
- The Village - March 2011
- One of the most frequent questions in NPD is "What software tool should I use?" This month we investigate the process, people, and capabilities for a tool. Download a free questionnaire, too!
- The Village - February 2011
- Once your business has determined the innovation strategy, how do you get there? Simple tips for Roadmapping are included in this issue.
- The Village - January 2011
- Why do New Product Innovations fail? Here we trace 3 common failures of new product development. Check out our innovation fun facts and recommended readting, too!
- The Village - December 2010
- Measuring success in NPD is a difficult balance between financial and market metrics.
- The Village - November 2010
- Learn the 5 Myths of NPD Leadership and improve your team's speed to market.
- The Village - October 2010
- Sales forecasts are difficult in the base case. Add risk and uncertainty for development and new product forecasts are nearly impossible. In this newsletter we share 3 simple methods for new product sales forecasting.
- The Village - September 2010
- Three easy methods for brainstorming. Thinking "in-the-box" uses experts more successfully than "outside-the-box."
- The Village - August 2010
- New Product Development teams should expect debate and conflict. Learn about the 5 common types of conflict management to bring harmony to your team!
- The Village - July 2010
- What metrics you track for New Product Innovation should be tied to your strategy. Different metrics for different business models.
- The Village - June 2010
- Miles and Snow Innovation Strategy Typologies can help position your new product innovation efforts.
- The Village - May 2010
- In New Product Development, we often hear the mantra of "Do Your Up-Front Homework." Yet, data shows that less than 20% of firms study what customers need or want in the marketplace. Meanwhile, success rates of 50% are considered among "the best".
- The Village - April 2010
- One of the most overlooked, but most important, reviews in the New Product Development Process is the Post-Launch Review (PLR).
An audit of the NPD Process and of the project itself will measure whether effective gate reviews have been conducted, will determine whether the new product or service is delivering the promised revenues, and will help you assess if your strategy and its execution is on target. - The Village - March 2010
- NPD Processes are the nuts and bolts to take your new ideas to commercial success. Processes should be revamped every 2-3 years to ensure outdated processes don't hinder technology and market development.
- The Village - February 2010
- Effectively managing your portfolio will align resources with the innovation strategy.
- Impact of Great Recession on Innovation
- Companies that continue to invest in R&D during recessionary periods stand to gain the most during the next upturn.
- The Village - January 2010
- Senior Management Sets the Tone for an Innovation Culture by communicating the business strategy throughout the organization.
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2323 Clear Lake City Blvd., #180, Suite 177
Houston, Texas 77062
phone: 281-280-8717
fax: 281-280-8986
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