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Forecasting & Planning Technology™
This workshop will teach you how to conduct valid technology/market forecasts and how to utilize these forecasts to improve organizational planning.
- Table of Contents
- What You Will Gain
- Who Should Attend
- Course Topics
- The Company We Keep
- What Past Participants Say
- Course Leaders
- Course Tuition
- Request Information
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- What You Will Gain
- An understanding of the technology development process.
- A toolbox of practical, proven forecasting techniques.
- The ability to project how rapidly new technologies will be adopted in the marketplace.
- Practical experience in planning technology-based programs and projects.
- The ability to identify and evaluate emerging market needs.
- Interaction with other professionals involved in technology/market forecasting and planning.
>> BONUS <<
All participants receive copies of our presentation notes and technology forecasting guides:
Technology Forecasting: An Aid to Effective Technology Management
Introduction to Technology Market Forecasting
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- Who Should Attend
- You should attend if you are involved in:
- Identifying new business opportunities.
- Projecting advances in technology.
- Developing market strategies.
- Developing R&D and/or business plans.
- Analyzing competitive threats.
- Managing technology projects and programs.
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- Course Topics
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- The Role of Technology in Today's Business Environment
- How recent advances in technology have changed the nature of "doing business" and what the implications of these changes are.
- A Starting Point for Planning
- A practical tool for the examination of factors that could affect the long-term success or failure of your organization.
- An Overview of Technology/Market Forecasting
- Current technology/market forecasting methods and techniques and their most effective use.
- Determining What to Forecast
- How to effectively define and focus the forecasting effort.
- Projecting Advances in Technology: No Limits
- Using technology trend analysis in situations where no growth limit is evident.
- Projecting Advances in Technology as Limits Are Approached
- Using technology trend analysis when technology limits are being approached.
- Identifying Emerging Market Opportunities
- Using the Nominal Group process to identify and provide preliminary evaluation of emerging business opportunities.
- Projecting the Rate of New Technology Adoption
- Techniques including Fisher-Pry and Gompertz curves for projecting the rate of adoption of new technologies.
- Using Expert Opinion to Improve TF&P
- Using expert opinion techniques to enhance the validity of forecasts and the effectiveness of planning and management.
- Planning and Conducting a Technology/Market Forecast
- Forecasting principles and their practical application.
- Practical Forecasting in the Real World
- Lessons learned in conducting technology forecasts and marketing the results.
- New Concepts in Strategic Technology Planning
- A review of emerging strategic technology planning approaches and concepts.
- Using Morphological Analysis to Expand Planning Horizons
- An innovative technique for uncovering new technology possibilities.
- Mining for Relevant Data
- Practical, proven techniques for efficiently gathering and analyzing data.
- Use of Roadmaps in Technology/Market Planning
- How roadmapping techniques can be used to enhance the planning process.
- Tips for Improving TF and Planning
- Lessons learned in 20 years experience in forecasting.
- Fashioning Resources and Culture to Support Organizational Plans
- How to identify the changes in resources and culture needed to make your plan work and how to effect those changes.
- Practical Exercise in TF and Planning
- A structured exercise to provide participants with practical experience in the application of the ideas and techniques presented during the workshop.
- Gaining Acceptance of the Plan
- Methods for gaining acceptance of your plans and how they can best be translated into action.
- Course topics are subject to change.
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- The Company We Keep
These are some of the companies whose managers and professionals have benefited from attending Technology Futures, Inc. public and in-house workshops:
- Alcatel
- AMD
- AT&T Wireless
- Bell Canada
- Bell Northern Research
- BellSouth
- Chevron
- Deere & Co.
- Deloitte & Touche
- Deautsche Telekom
- Dow
- Eastman Chemical
- Eastman Kodak
- Ernst & Young
- Fisher-Rosemount
- General Electric
- General Motors
- Hughes
- IBM
- MCI
- Mobil
- Motorola
- Nokia
- Nortel
- Quest
- Raytheon
- Rockwell
- Rosemount
- SBC
- Siecor
- Sprint
- 3M
- Telcordia
- Telefonica
- Teleglobe Canada
- Telstra
- TELUS
- Verizon
- VTEL
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- What Past Participants Say
- These are some of the comments of managers and professionals who have attended Technology Futures, Inc. public and in-house workshops:
"This course is excellent in showing the complexities of the industry in simple terms. It is critical that more people are exposed to such analyses in order to better understand the increasingly competative telecom industry. I especially appreciated the speakers' ability to make comparisons in technology development in other industries."
Dora Mozes
Senior Advisor, Business Analysis
Industry Canada"Valuable workshop! High potential value! Directly applicable to analyses for understanding the relationship between technology and potential opportunities for our company."
Mike Ubaldini
Information Associate-Emerging Technology
Eastman Chemical Co."The seminar packs a lot of data into a straightforward presentation."
Bob Brown
Member, Technical Staff
U S WEST Advanced Technologies"The information received has allowed me to look at new directions our area may go in the future. New services and products will be coming at such a pace that the challenge will be to come up with a short/long-term forecast that will allow us to make correct decisions in the way our company wants to evolve."
John Gyrylux
Network Forecast Analyst
TELUS Communications"Very good! Covered the essential technology forecasting techniques and approaches in a logical sequence. Provided me with a strong technical validation that I could present to management."
Bernadette Zapiec
Business Research Manager
Rohm & Haas"Depth and breadth of presenters' experience is evident and significantly enhances the value of the seminar. Both process and content work well."
Mary Anne Overman
Manager
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- Course Leaders
- John H. Vanston, Ph.D.,
- Course Director
- Chairman, Technology Futures, Inc.
- Lawrence K. Vanston, Ph.D.,
- President, Technology Futures, Inc.
- Ray L. Hodges,
- Senior Consultant, Technology Futures, Inc.
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- Course Tuition
- $1,095 (U.S. Dollars)
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- Questions and to Request More Information
To contact TFI for more information about this course, please send e-mail to info@tfi.com or complete our online request form.
In-House training is convenient and can save you time and money! The experts at TFI can tailor this course to fit your company's needs. In an in-house seminar, our experts can really focus on your specific issues and discuss the topics that are of most importance to you. To learn more about our in-house seminars, visit our Web page on in-house courses.
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