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Past Meetings - 2002

The NorCal PDMA chapter holds meetings approximately 8 times per year. Meetings have covered a variety of product development topics of current interest to our audience.

November 13, 2002

Leading NPD Across Organizations: How to Influence Without Authority
In this presentation and discussion, you will learn a behavioral process to implement projects across organizations.
— 11/13/02 presentation (PowerPoint)

October 23, 2002

Job Forum and Resume Critique
The Northern California Chapter of the Product Development & Management Association (www.norcalpdma.org) is sponsoring a panel discussion on Product Development Employment Trends in the current economy. A diverse panel of experts will provide unique insights into ways you can make this challenging time work for you.

September 18, 2002

Goal-centric New Product Development:
Making a project cancel-proof with a customer goal-driven approach to developing product requirements.
— 09/18/02 presentation (pdf)

May 15, 2002

Conducting Customer Research: Why, When, How, and How Much?
— 05/15/02 presentation (pdf)

April 17, 2002

After Internet Time, What Next:
5 New Realities for Product Development in the Internet Economy
— 04/17/02 presentation (PowerPoint)
— Presentation Data (MSWord)

March 20, 2002

Defuzzing the Fuzzy Front End
"The Fuzzy Front End" is a term used to describe the sometimes-nebulous process to uncover and manage ideas and research prior to formal product definition.
— 03/20/02 presentation (PowerPoint)

January 16, 2002

How do you implement an NPI process?
How does a company without a process get started? Learn how SGI did it, and the challenges they've overcome.
— (full description of event not available)
— 01/16/02 presentation (PowerPoint)