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Past Meetings — 2003

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 19, 2003
Great Demo!
How To Create And Present Compelling Software Demonstrations
Introduced a framework for the creation and delivery of improved software demonstrations to enable increased probability of success in the development, sale, and deployment of products.
— 11/19/2003 presentation (pdf)

October 15, 2003
Product Planning: Bridging the Planning Divide
Pressure has never been greater on product companies to precisely target markets with winning products. In this presentation, you will get practical advice on improving planning processes and learn what planning challenges were faced by Actuate Corporation and how they were addressed by embracing product planning solutions.
— 10/15/2003 PRTM presentation (pdf)

September 17, 2003
Best Practices: Real-Time Customer Research for Product Development
Are you meeting revenue targets with new releases and new products? If not, what is the problem? Is it your target, your product, or your pricing? Learn about the principles of defining the above.

April 16, 2003
Accelerating Time-to-Revenue
This presentation will outline simple-to-apply best practices for rapid knowledge deployment used to introduce hundreds of new products by one of the valley's most successful high technology companies.

March 19, 2003
Are Your Projects Suffering from Resource Management Issues?
— 3/19/2003 presentation (PowerPoint)

March 4, 2003
The Future State, a consulting firm specializing in New Product Development, presents a NPD Solution Workshop entitled "Embracing Enabling technology for NPD".

February 19, 2003
Dealing Proactively with Uncertainty
— full description of event

January 15, 2003
Roadmapping Consumer Adoption
An audio and slide presentation is available complements of Altus Corp.
— 01/15/03 presentation (online application - Make sure any pop-up blockers are turned off to operate)