Opus Plus provides focused training programs - OPtimizeUSM - so that your organization can learn and adopt best innovation practices. Our training workshops blend theory and real-world practical insights to illuminate key concepts, methodologies, tools, and processes for innovation transformation. Your team will gain the insights needed to efficiently develop customer-focused products and services, improve business processes, and instill a culture of value-driven innovation.
Opus Plus provides focused training programs - OPtimizeUSM - so that your organization can learn and adopt best innovation practices. Our training workshops blend theory and real-world practical insights to illuminate key concepts, methodologies, tools, and processes for innovation transformation. Your team will gain the insights needed to efficiently develop customer-focused products and services, improve business processes, and instill a culture of value-driven innovation.
- Innovations Strategy
- Portfolio Management
- New Product Development Process
- Tools and Metrics
- Market Research
- Teams, People and Organizations
Opus Plus is a Registered Education Provider for the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA).
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View our upcoming Training Programs below and learn more about how we can help you build stronger innovation capabilities.
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| To be announced soon | NPDP Exam One Day Prep Course - This class is designed to provide the experience practitioner with a basic understanding of the areas of study for the NPDP Exam. It is not designed to replace the reading and study time but has been shown to help reduce it. (This class is also worth 8 PDHs towards maintaining certification.) |
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| Webinar Series - Our Instructor led webinar study series is designed to provide students with an understanding of tools and practices in a given area. In most cases, these classes are also aligned with the NPDP Exam study materials so they allow students who are interested in NPDP certification to prep for the NPDP Certification exam from the privacy of their own home or office. These classes are online, but the instructor teaches the material live allowing for Q&A and discussion as needed. Each section of the material is presented on a different day and time allowing students to commit only the time and money needed to prep for those areas where they need additional knowledge. All webinars start at 6:30PM Eastern time and each runs from 60-90 minutes. The price to attend each webinar is $79.00 USD payable by credit card only. (Webinars are worth 1 PDH per hour towards maintaining certification.) | ||
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| March 20, 2012 | Innovation Strategy - this webinar provides students with an overview of how to establish innovation charters that align with company strategic plan, ensuring teams can focus innovation activities to meet goals. |
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| April 17, 2012 | Portfolio Management - this webinar covers the basics of product portfolio management including goals and different approaches |
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| May 15, 2012 | New Product Development Process - this webinar covers the basic phases product development process along with and discusses several popular implementations. |
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| June 19, 2012 | Tools and Metrics - this webinar reviews the basic tools and metrics of new product development specifically focusing on those that are covered in the NPDP exam. |
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| July 10, 2012 | Market Research - this webinar covers tools for understanding market needs and the different ways that customers are involved in the different phases of product development. |
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| August 14, 2012 | Teams, People and Organizations - this webinar covers the different roles in new product development, and different team organizations that function best for certain types of products. |
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See what people are saying about Opus Plus training and Cynthia Gilmer's teaching ability:
"We had a well developed process for building software, but we didn't have a process for
developing our ideas and strategy, Opus Plus's training gave us the tools and insight to see what we needed and how we could move our organization forward to more focused innovation"
Marisa Ehinger
Director, Product Development
Almac Clinical Technologies, Inc.
"Cynthia spoke at a seminar I attended (Unanet) and was impressed. At the time, I was not
aware that there were vendors out there who did product/service development consulting and could help us with our need."
John McBride, Director
(Former) COO, NOVA Technology
"Cynthia Gilmer is articulate, personable, has a good delivery and most importantly has
something worth saying"
CEO, Attended Opus Plus Product Strategy Seminar
"We did not consider other vendors. I was so impressed with Cynthia at the seminar that she gave and felt that she would be able to help us with our efforts. She left a good impression of her knowledge and competency in the areas we needed."
COO, at an Opus Plus client
"The NPD Class was GREAT! I enjoyed it and learned a lot. It really changed the way I think about NPD and my career. I am now pursuing a career change in product development/management!"
MBA Student, University of Maryland
"Thanks for a wonderful class. I did enjoy your class and learned a lot from it as it aligned with interests in marketing and entrepreneurship. It shed some light on a possible career change in product development/management, which I am seriously considering."
MBA Student, University of Maryland
