R&D Performance Management in Government

Agenda and Speaking Faculty
Day One: May 24, 2004
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 Keynote Address: “Managing the Spirit of Innovation” Managing change and innovation are essential to the success of any program or project. Finding new ways to do old things; this is the spirit of innovation. Coupled with this spirit, however, is the reality that one must develop measurements to promote ef?ciency. Hear how to balance the promise of your project with its inherent risks and manage the spirit of innovation. *Dr. Gideon Samid*, President, D&G Sciences 9:45 Developing Performance Measures for R&D and S&T Programs • De?ne and measure end and intermediat outcomes • Align program strategies to performance measures • Understand how Logic Modeling overcomes traditional pitfalls and dif?culties with measuring program performance in government Jeffrey Bergin, Director, The Performance Institute 10:45 Break 11:00 PART: Program Purpose and Design/Strategic Planning • Ensure your program is starting off on the right foot by formulating a strong and defensible mission • Develop a valid, cohesive strategic plan that will set practical long term goals while establishing a foundation for the future • Establish ef?cient, transparent and cost-effective policies to ensure the success of your program *Jeffrey Bergin*, Director, The Performance Institute 12:00 Lunch The following sessions on the “Six-Step Framework for Successful R&D Programs” will be facilitated by Dr. Gideon Samid, President, D&G Sciences 1:00 Step 1: Starting a R&D Project • Adopt a comprehensive and integrated approach for the development of a R&D project • Identify critical success factors for developing a regimented procedure to transform innovation into organizational goals • Examine the challenges and pitfalls in the implementation of your project’s framework and how to overcome them 2:00 Step 2: Selecting a R&D Portfolio • Practice several techniques for multi-variate evaluations • Master selection criteria to ensure that successful projects will be funded • Correlate successful outcomes to material contributions to the organizational goal 3:00 Break 3:15 Step 3: Funding Innovation • Learn how to allocate and leverage the availability of R&D budget to best serve organizational goals • Harness successful techniques to acquire complimentary investment through case studies and best practice scenarios • Acquire the tools necessary to relate resource planning to scheduling and technical costing 4:15 Adjourn
Day Two: May 25, 2004
8:30 Continental Breakfast 9:00 Step 4: Managing Innovation Intensive Programs • Adopt comprehensive and integrated management techniques that are unique to R&D projects • Identify critical success factors in planning for unexpected outcomes • Develop a strategy to overcome challenges and uncertainties in budget allocation for R&D projects 10:00 Step 5: Estimating Cost of Research • Measure the amount of knowledge needed to realize the cost-to-complete and time-to-?nish for your project • Implement latest innovations like BiPSA methodology to increase validity of project cost estimates • Review the mathematical basis and qualitative basis of this scienti?c estimation for R&D 11:00 Break 11:15 Step 6: Termination of a R&D Project • Learn how to appraise the prospective success of R&D projects • Determine the suitability of premature termination of a disappointing project • Devise best practice techniques to free budget and talent for more successful projects 12:15 Adjourn General Session/Lunch for Workshop Attendees POST-SUMMIT WORKSHOP 1:15 Hands-on Application of the R&D Methodology Participants will be divided into working groups and be challenged to put into practice the material they have been learning in this seminar. Each group will face an R&D challenge, plan the start of a R&D program, pick a R&D portfolio, decide on R&D budget allocation for the selected R&D projects, then exercise management decisions in response to instructor’s challenges. Finally, the teams will use BiPSA and the other tools to produce an estimate of cost-to-complete and time-to-?nish of elected projects. *Dr. Gideon Samid*, President, D&G Sciences Note: Early registrants are encouraged to propose R&D situations close to their interest for this workshop. 4:15 Adjourn

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Venue

The National Summit on R&D Performance Management in Government will be held at the Performance Institute in Arlington, VA, just one block east of the Courthouse Metro stop on the Orange Line. A public parking garage is located just inside of the building.

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1515 N. Courthouse Rd., Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
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Hotel

The Performance Institute is located just two blocks form the Quality Courthouse, where a limited number of rooms have been reserved at a discounted rate of
$115 per night. Please call the hotel to make reservations and be sure to ask for the The Performance Institute conference rate.

Quality Courthouse
1200 Courthouse Road
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: 703-524-4000

Tuition

Tuition rates for the National Summit on R&D Performance Management in Government is as follows:
Summit: $1095 Workshop: $495.

Group Discounts

For more information about available group tuition discounts, please contact James Lewis at 703-894-0481 or via email at [email protected].

Administrative Note: A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be charged for cancellations received less than three weeks from the date of the conference. As speakers are confirmed six months before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.