CILCertified Innovation Leader
Course Overview
Inspire Growth Through Innovation Leadership
It’s not what you do; it’s who you are both as a professional and as a business. Learn the skills, strategies, and techniques to give yourself and your product a competitive advantage.
With this course, you will walk away with a toolbox of best practices and proven methodologies that will help you establish and then lead a culture of innovation for your company. You’ll craft a workable realtime process to build new, effective revenue streams. You’ll re-learn the entire product life cycle from the perspective of innovation; from goods and services early ideation to the retirement of past innovations. The entire learning process is designed to prepare you to take the Certified Innovation Leader exam.
Certified Innovation Leaders understand and utilize every phase of the innovation process to produce goods and services that are successful in the global market place and provide maximum return on investment to the organization.
The innovation body of knowledge explored in the workshop includes:
→ Innovation Strategic Alignment
→ Ideation Management
→ Business Case Development
→ Knowledge Creation
→ Project Planning
→ Innovation Development
→ Innovation Qualification
→ Product Launch
This AIPMM ProdBOK® Approved training will help you define and implement an innovation process to create new, effective revenue streams. It also prepares candidates for the Certified Innovation Leader (CIL®) exam.
Key Takeaways
Course Outline
The innovation body of knowledge is divided into two categories: (1) Those processes and activities associated with the Managed Front End that transforms needs and ideas into business cases for potentially viable product concepts and; (2) the New Product Development process that uses a framework of execution stages and decision gates to transform concepts into products launched to their target market.
Aligning the organization for increased innovation effectiveness
Creating a culture that supports innovation
Reviewing several tools for organizational change related to innovation
Exploring the seven innovation frameworks
Applying ideation methods and Voice of the Customer (VOC) tools
Screening ideas for potential business case developments
Evaluating financial feasibility of the project
Assessing marketability of the product concept
Providing a reasoned justification for moving into the new product development process
Transitioning from the managed front end into the new product development process
Identifying the customer problem to be solved
Developing the Voice of the Customer (VOC) data and understanding elements that create value
Conducting preparations for gate meeting and gate decision
Developing the project plan for executing the product concept
Defining the work that will drive the product design
Conducting risk management planning
Planning now to increase success later
Exploring the pros and cons of Beta testing
Planning and conducting the Beta test
Responding to Beta test results and preparing for launch
Applying customer insights and value-needs to design
Conducting Alpha testing and iterating design as necessary
Developing portfolio management plan
Creating and implementing the roll-out strategy
Following the launch, sell, evaluate, take-action cycle
Planning for next generation activities - beat the fast followers
Develop the skills and learn the mindset of design thinking while building your team's confidence to tackle complex challenges. This approach will inspire and equip your team with a problem- solving toolkit necessary for creative innovation.
Prototype development - Understand the key components of successful prototyping
Concept Testing -A combination of qualitative and quantitative testing to assess the concept's suitability
Internal Messaging - Increase the impact and resonance of any communication you create
Tools - Training And Hands-on Use Of Innovation Tools Such As Idea Generation, Brainstorming, Idea Selection, And Many More
Activities - Beginning With An Innovation Warm-up To Start Ideas Flowing And Concluding
With An Actionable Idea List
Coaching - Learn the difference between coaching that inspires versus inhibits creativity
Adopting - Learn the keys to maintaining and supporting innovation long term
Reviewing key terms, strategies, methodologies and deliverables
Test-taking strategies for selecting the best answer
Evaluating answers to practice questions
Who Should Attend?
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT TEAMS
- Product managers
- Product marketing managers
- Brand managers
- Marketing managers
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS
- Project managers
- Program managers
- Technology managers
- Business analysts
- Design engineers
- Application developers
TECHNOLOGY/INFRASTRUCTURE TEAMS
- IT/project professionals
- Enterprise-wide information specialists
- Solution architect
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