Workshops:  Concentrated "jump-starts"

• Accelerating Product Development (2 days; customized)
  • Why speed matters and how to accelerate intelligently.  Over 2,000 students at Cal Tech's Institute of Industrial Relations Center have attended.
    • Best use:  Get everyone from top to bottom on the same page for what it takes to accelerate.
• Team & Project Specific Planning and/or Assessment (1-2 days, project specific)
  • Uses mapping approach to accelerate new projects or assess opportunities in recently completed projects.  Procter & Gamble used this approach to reduce product development cycle time by over 50%.
    • Best use: Focus entire team on specific projects to gain tangible benefits quickly

Consulting Services:  Accelerate implementation with experience

• Opportunity and Barrier Assessment (2-4 days)
  • Define the top barriers and opportunities for accelerating value creation
    • Best Use:  Prior to launching a Fast Cycle Time improvement effort of significant size/scope
• Speed Strategy consulting  
  • Defines where to focus acceleration for customer value creation.  Avoids "boiling the ocean" by defining the critical opportunities via new product development portfolio, processes opportunities and organizational design
    • Best use:  To choose quick wins that create immediate value and drive broader adoption
• Implementation Strategy
  • Design for implementation approach identifies & sequences critical process, structure and behavior changes required to let go of past practices and embrace new approach
    • Best use: First step in implementation is defining a change strategy that address business and politics