16th R&D-Product Development Metrics Summit

OVERVIEW

This Summit will provide participants with a comprehensive synthesis of the business evolution, current and best practices, and projected future of R&D and Product Development Metrics as viewed from the top of corporations.

The first two Seminars of the Summit center on the Body of Knowledge of R&D and Product Development Metrics.  A day is dedicated to focus on metrics for the decisions and issues that Officers and Senior Executives face in directing and measuring overall performance and entire organizations.  A half-day is dedicated to "proactive" and "predictive" metrics that are useful to corporations and projects.  For example, did you know that 3M's "Vitality Index" and the emergent "Return On Innovation" metric are the fastest rising metrics being used by industry?

The final Seminar of the Summit is a comprehensive Workshop aimed at producing a ready-to-go dashboard of metrics.  Participants break into working groups to create a "set of metrics" suitable for managing and monitoring R&D and/or Product Development organizations as a whole -- Projects, Technical & Functional Disciplines, Improvement Initiatives, and the resultant overall Corporate Performance of R&D.  GGI's no-frills Linked Metrics Portfolio®, preferred by executives to the Balanced Scorecard for managing R&D and Product Development, simply frames the dashboard.  The Workshop is interspersed with discussions on Advanced Development and Intellectual Property to hone the metrics portfolios.

Several of our prior participants have said, "the Metrics Summit covers everything an Officer or Senior Manager needs to know on the subject of Metrics." GGI, founded in 1986, has been a recognized thought leader and practitioner in this field since the early 1990s.

Senior executives wishing to put themselves and their fellow officers in a better position to direct and drive product creation and commercialization should strongly consider attending.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The ability of officers, managers, and key professionals to direct and make their organizations productive through metrics and measures is the focus of the 16th R&D-Product Development Metrics Summit to be held November 12-14, 2013 in metro Boston.

The Metrics Summit is a series of 3 Seminars, focused on 3 major areas of importance to R&D executives and managers. Download a Brochure. Download a Summit At-A-Glance.

The First Two Seminars

The first seminar [Measuring Product Development II (MPDII) - November 12] is focused on the issues that top management has to deal with that are based on judgment and are often hard to quantify. The topics span the subjects of setting hurdle rates, assessing risk and complexity, trade-off analysis, measuring capacity, and assessing overall financial performance. Click to view the MPDII Abstract or to download the MPDII Table of Contents.

The second seminar [Proactive and Predictive R&D Metrics (PPRD) - November 13 AM] is focused on the three different stages of developing early, predictive metrics that will enable managers to foresee issues on the horizon or to know that success is in front of them. GGI was the first company to differentiate proactive from predictive metrics in the 1990s which then spawned further exploration of that management science. Click to view the PPRD Abstract or to download the PPRD Table of Contents.

The Third Seminar-Workshop

The third Seminar, is more accurately a Workshop [Product Development Metrics Portfolios (PDMP) - November 13 PM and November 14]. From start to completion, participants work in groups to develop "a set of measures suitable for measuring the entire organization and the activities within it."  The Coursebook for the Workshop is a reference compendium of hundreds of measures for R&D organizations spanning most categories of measures.  After discussing Advanced Development and Intellectual Property, it is selectively referenced.

The scorecard each group will create will contain a comprehensive set of measures for the R&D organization as a whole at the top officer level. This portfolio of metrics will be suitable to pass the necessary metrics to the CEO that are needed by the corporation. This portfolio of metrics will be suitable to consistently measure projects, and the functional and technical organizations that perform the projects. Improvement measures will also be addressed. Click to view the PDMP Abstract or to download the PDMP Table of Contents.

The US Patent & Trademark Office granted a trademark to GGI in January 2007 for our Linked Metrics Portfolio® framework which is used during the Workshop.  Our lean practical framework results in a set of metrics that span 4-6 organization levels while remaining integrated.

Who Should Come

Our overall approach to the Summit is geared to top-level professionals that manage entire organizations, departments, budgets, and senior program management executives. Numerous companies have brought teams of officers ranging from three to ten in size in the quest to develop a set of metrics they can all agree to for R&D and product development.

When one or two persons come from a company, they participate in multi-company groups based on their industry type or the similarity of their corporate R&D strategies -- Innovators, Platform-Derivative, Balanced, Extenders, etc.  Individuals engage in some amazing discussions within their multi-company peer groups while agreeing the right metrics for their shared strategy or industry.  Company Team members make some big decisions and agree to agree on the specific metrics that are right for their company.  

Please be assured. if you register for the whole Summit you will conclude with a set of metrics suitable for measuring the R&D and Product Development organization as a whole.  The dashboard of metrics will be close to "implementation-ready" as you return to your company.  Each working group presents their results and shares their thinking to conclude the Summit. 

You may view a list of Companies that have participated in prior GGI Summits.  Also helpful in determining what to expect are the words of prior Metrics Summit participants: September 2005 Testimonial, December 2005 Testimonial, March 2006 Testimonial, September 2006 Testimonial, March 2007 Testimonial, August 2007 Testimonial, January 2008 Testimonial, June 2008 Testimonial, April 2009 Testimonial, December 2009 Testimonial, May 2010 Testimonial, May 2011 Testimonial, October 2011 Testimonial, June 2012 Testimonial, March 2013 Testimonial.  We continue to be grateful to Summit alumni for sharing their take-away thoughts!

Summit Faculty

The Metrics Summit will be led by Bradford L. Goldense, NPDP, CMfgE, CPIM, CCP.  Mr. Goldense is a recognized expert on R&D metrics, product development, and corporate innovation.  Brad, John R. [Dick] Power, and Dr. Hans Ludi together will facilitate the Workshop.  Other members of the GGI Team will be in support during the Summit.

Registration

Extra Early Bird Rates, effective through the close of business Pacific Time on FRIDAY June 28, 2013,save individuals $400 per person and an additional $370 per person for members of Company Teams.

We are also offering an option to attend just the first two Seminars of the three seminar Summit, along with a $200 Early Bird discount or a $400 Extra Early Bird if you register before June 28, 2013.

Reserve your place today - space is limited. Visit us online to Register.

Where Is It

Our location is convenient from either Boston-Logan or Providence-Green [great rates] airport. Mention GGI's Summit when you call the hotel. This newly upgraded Sheraton Conference Facility is completely Wi-Fi, has all amenities, a great walking trail, and boasts a five star chef. For more information about the conference hotel, alternative hotel accommodations, transportation, restaurants, and other area information, please visit the I'm Already Registered web site.

For more information about Goldense Group, Inc., a twenty-six year old internationally recognized company in the areas of product development and measurement, go to the GGI Home Page, or give us a call at 781-444-5400.