Technology Management for Decision Makers («H32559»)

1 Technology Management at a glance

• What is technology management?
• What benefits can be achieved through systematic technology management, particularly with regard to radical/disruptive innovation?
• How can technology management tasks and processes be structured?
  • Operational and strategic approaches to technology management
  • Anchoring and interfaces in the organisation
  • Role models and required skills in the organisation
• What are the key success factors for the successful introduction and implementation of technology management?

2 Early Technology Detection

• Processes: How is technology scouting carried out?
  • Identification: How are trends and technologies systematically identified?
  • Evaluation: What does a new trend/technology mean for the company?
  • Integration into the organisation: Who does what in technology scouting?
  • Documentation and communication: What is the best way to communicate information within the organisation?
• Methods: Where and how is the search carried out in practice?
  • Search fields: How are search fields defined?
  • Scenario analysis: What are the benefits of future scenarios?
  • Technology radar: How can continuous monitoring be established?
• Success factors and limitations
• Exercise: Scenario analysis

3 Technology Strategy Development and Implementation

• Assessment of technologies using life cycle approaches
• Evaluation of own technology position
• Corporate and competitive strategy and technology roadmap
• Transferring the roadmap to R&D programme planning
• Exercise: Core competence analysis and technology roadmapping

4 Software Support

• Overview of the technology and innovation management tool landscape
• Roadmapping software study
• Benefits of AI approaches to technology and innovation management

Keynote speeches, discussions, individual and group work and interactive exchange between trainer and participants, use of a case study throughout

This course is aimed at managers, project leaders, team and department leaders in product management, research and development, business development and technology and innovation management.

A good understanding of IT and an interest in new technologies is an advantage.

We recommend booking at least 14 days before the seminar date so that you can receive any documents by post in good time.