• Cancellation Policy

Seminar

Why a Workshop on New Product Development?
Many professional engineers work for companies that aspire to develop, produce, and sell their products in large volume and with high gross margin. Business plans depend on it; investors expect it. The purpose of this Workshop is to help engineers understand how the product development pieces fit together, and how to get the most out of their product development efforts. This will be done by going over the product development (PD) process, detailing the roles of each function, highlighting critical dependencies, and passing on best practices.  A planning exercise will be held in order to gain new insights and accelerate learning.

Syllabus

• Characteristics of successful new products and why some products fail
•  Understanding the triple constraint: scope, cost and schedule.
• Phases of product development (PD)
• Organizations and Resources
• The various functions, what roles they have in each PD phase, and the dependencies between various functions.
• Planning
• Best practices

Target Audience
All professional engineers that have a stake in the success of new product development: design engineers, product managers, product development managers, technical team leaders, CTOs, VPs Engineering, test and certification professionals, quality managers, etc.

Instructor

Eric Guetre, P.Eng.
Eric has worked in product development for 12 years, and has led product development teams for 7 years.  At Nokia, he was product development manager for the N91 and N96 smartphones, which together were produced and sold in the millions.  Eric has a Master's in electrical engineering from Carleton University and a B.Eng. (electrical) from the Royal Military College of Canada.  Right after his B.Eng. from the Royal Military College of Canada, he briefly served in the Air Force in the field of avionics.  He holds a US patent related to cell phone antennas and is certified as a Project Management Professional.

Cancellation Policy

Registered attendees unable to attend the event may designate a substitute, provided APEGBC receives written notification at least one business day prior to the event. Registration information for the substitute attendee should accompany the notice. If notice of cancellation of registration is received:

•  5 business days or more prior to the event, a refund will be processed
•  Less than 5 business days prior to the event, no refunds apply

Substitute registrants are permitted up to the day of the seminar and member/non-member fees will be applied. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the event if less than the minimum required participants have registered. Liability limited to registration fee.

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