NPDP Exam Preparatory Course

This is the accredited course that will prepare you to the New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification exam. NPDP is the leading global program developed 22 years ago by Product Development and Management Association that recognizes mastery as a product professional. During this 5-days you will go over the PDMA Body of Knowledge (BOK) on which the exam is based and you will also do the test exam. You get a free copy of PDMA BOK.

June 28th – 2nd July

Monday-Friday, 10:00-16:00 CET

Via Zoom, Price: 900 EUR 

 

Benefits

You will prepare to the NPDP Exam – leading product certification in the world
You will get a copy of PDMA Body of Knowledge

Who will benefit the most

NPD and R&D Directors

Receiving an NPDP certificate recognises a mastery as a product professional and put you among industry leaders who are associated in the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) worldwide.

Product Managers and Product Owners

This course can accelerate your career and open new doors as getting NPDP will differentiate you in the market as a true professional

People who pursuit to start a product career

It is an excellent training for specialists who want to start their product career as during this course you will learn all fundamental best practices of Product Management. It can also accelerate your career as NPDP is the leading global certification program in the field.

 

Agenda for the first day

Introduction to BoK and NPDP

Key knowledge areas and the structure of NPDP

Product Innovation strategy

Business strategy, NPD strategy, competitive strategies models, functional strategies supporting NPD, sustainable innovation

Product Portfolio Management 

Types of products, strategy alignment, building and balancing portfolio, resource allocation

About the speaker:

Wojciech Przychodzeń

Wojciech Przychodzeń

CEO, Rokanan Group

Wojciech is a co-founder and CEO of Rokanan. He teaches innovation and NPD since 2012. He was the first NPDP certified person in Poland and Central Europe region. 

  • Introduction to BoK and NPDP

Key knowledge areas and the structure of NPDP

  • Product Innovation Strategy

Business strategy, NPD strategy, competitive strategies models, functional strategies supporting NPD, sustainable innovation

  • Product Portfolio Management

Types of products, strategy alignment, building and balancing portfolio, resource allocation

Agenda for the second day

Product Portfolio Management – cont.

Types of products, strategy alignment, building and balancing portfolio, resource allocation

Product Innovation Process

Product Innovation Charter, different types of NPD product processes, their pros and cons

  • Product Portfolio Management – cont.

Types of products, strategy alignment, building and balancing portfolio, resource allocation

  • Product Innovation Process

Product Innovation Charter, different types of NPD product processes, their pros and cons

Agenda for the third day

Product Design and Development Tools

Review of NPD tools used in different stages of product life cycle

Organization, culture and product teams

Innovation culture, types of product teams and NPD roles, high performing teams

  • Product Design and Development Tools

Review of NPD tools used in different stages of product life cycle

  • Organization, culture and product teams

Innovation culture, types of product teams and NPD roles, high performing teams

Agenda for the fourth day

Product Innovation Management 

Role of product innovation management and how is product innovation managed through the life cycle, key tools for managing and measuring product innovation 

  • Product Innovation Management 

Role of product innovation management and how is product innovation managed through the life cycle, key tools for managing and measuring product innovation 

Agenda for the fifth day

Market research

Types of market research, market research tools at different stages of a product. 

Test NPDP exam

 

  • Market research in product development

Types of market research, market research tools at different stages of a product. 

  • Test NPDP  Exam

 

About the speaker:

Wojciech Przychodzeń

Wojciech Przychodzeń

CEO, Rokanan

Wojciech is a co-founder and CEO of Rokanan. He teaches innovation and NPD since 2012. He was the first NPDP certified person in Poland and the Central European region.

Voices of our customers

Several dozen companies from various markets. From Fortune 500 to local innovators.

Product Management training was very practical. Our team learned many new techniques and tools that were quickly adopted in our daily work, contributing to the improvement of the NPD processes in the capital group.

 

Katarzyna Dorywała - Director of Product Development, Impel SA.

Our cooperation with Rokanan  helped us to increase efficiency of our Products Introduction. We highly recommend Rokanan to any organisation striving to improve its NPD process.

Tomasz Świętosławski - Board member at ICB Pharma

Register for the session

Early Bird

 

€700

Valid until:

31.05.2021

Normal

 

€900

Valid until:

26.06.2021

Last Minute

 

€950

Valid until:

27.06.2021

* We offer group discounts, PDMA members have 10 % discount

* We reserve right to change the date when the group is not formed