Course information

  • 2 days

Investment

The investment is € 1.450 (excl. VAT) per participant.  

Included are course materials, drinks and daily lunches.

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Project-based work in an R&D environment:

The course Project-based work in an R&D environment will teach you how an innovative environment can be organized effectively by creating structure and flow. It will also discuss the role of the employee. 

Projects play a crucial role in the area of product innovation. Project-based work is the means for effective product development in an environment with ever-changing technologies and markets. Hence, this course will give you the concrete tools to plan and execute projects in your innovative organization. 

This course is designed as an in-company training, to follow with your own project team to achieve a more effective way of working. Please contact our academy advisor for more information.

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With this course you’ll learn:

  • To create a structure in an innovative project, both in a Technology Development and a Product Development environment
  • Concrete tools to get started in your own innovation organization 

Teaching professionals.

Wim Schouten

Wim Schouten

Sr. Project Manager
Wim is a result- and people driven experienced program manager, managing innovative and ambitious multidisciplinary technical product development projects. Over 30 years of experience with successful project management, change management of people and organization, over 25 years as manager. Besides this he is a certified coach. He translates strategy and policy into concrete targets, projects and processes and leads the execution.

Results:

Based on a solid foundation of industry best practices and interaction with the participants, you will learn how an innovative environment can be organized effectively by creating structure and flow. Also, the role of the employee itself will be discussed. You will be able to organize your own project in both a Technology Development and Product Development environment. 

The course explains how to bring ‘heartbeat’ into the project. Heartbeat brings structure, shows real progress and gives a framework as guidance for its own planning. In addition, creating a project plan (TomTom of the project employee) will be practiced. Afterward, you have concrete tools to get started in your own innovative organization.

 

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What you’ll learn.

Day 1
  • What is a 21st-century project? 
  • Bringing structure into a project (according to IPMA / ICB4) 
  • Characteristics of a project in the innovation environment 
  •  Create a structure in an innovative project, both in a Technology Development and a Product Development environment: 
    - Project definition  
    - Phasing  
    - Technology Gates Milestones
  • Managing risks, issues and uncertainties 
    - Apply heartbeat  
    - The importance of architecture
  • Making a planning framework 

Day 2
  • Planning and execution (Plan Do Check Act)
  • Exercise: participants create own plan/planning
  • Presentation of own plan/planning to the group 

Practical information.

For whom

The course Project-based work in an R&D environment is aimed at professionals who work in a project or who do a project assignment with a small team. This course is designed as an in-company training, and following it with your own team is preferred. 

Certificate

After completing the course, participants receive proof of participation. 

Location & Dates

Locations 
Eindhoven – High Tech Campus 29 


Dates 2024
Location: Eindhoven 
Dates to be determined 

 

Group size 

A maximum of 10 participants