SPROUT Innovation Project Management Training
The Methodology
Innovation projects often involve a high level of uncertainty, which means traditional project management methods quickly reach their limits.
To make the most of the project team's creative potential, it's important to strike the right balance between exploration and focus. That’s why we’ve developed a structured approach to guide every step of the innovation process — and we teach it in our Innovation Project Management (IPM) training!
Toolset
We’ve bundled over 30 years of innovation experience into one powerful toolset. It offers project managers an easy-to-apply selection from various methods including Design Thinking, Agile, Lean Startup, and more.
Training
In our multi-day training, participants learn how to overcome challenges throughout the entire innovation process using real project examples — and how to apply what they’ve learned directly to their ongoing projects.
Workbook
The training content is applied and documented by the participants using their own workbook. This creates a concept for structuring and long-term project implementation beyond the training program.
Target Group and Content
The training is designed for innovation managers, experienced project leaders, and talented professionals who are entrusted with the management of an important innovation project.
Participants learn the most important methods for managing innovation projects and are enabled to work in a systematic and repeatable way — while adopting a customer-centered and entrepreneurial mindset.
The training addresses the following key questions along the innovation journey:
Project Setup and Steering
What is the right setup for project success?
Understanding Customer Needs
What are they key customer Unmet Needs?
Solution Development
What does the solution look like and what are the benefits for the customer?
Validate the Business
How does the profitable Business Setup look like?
Market Entry
How to ensure market succes?
After successfully completing the training, participants will be able to systematically reduce uncertainties in innovation projects and increase project success during implementation.
The Participants will be able to immediately apply what they have learned to ongoing projects and share it with colleagues.
Setup and Costs
We offer the training regularly at our SPROUT Werkstatt in Frankfurt, but also on site at your company for entire teams.
The IPM training workshop consists of three parts:
Content
July Training
September Training
Part I: on site
Projekt Setup
- Introduction to basic concepts, case study and procedure
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Clarify and validate customer problem
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Create project pitch and clarify project assignement
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Clarify project roadmap for the next phases and critical requirements for project success
01.-02.07.
09.-10.09.
Solution development
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Formulate Value Proposition and validate with customer interviews
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Design solution concept, develop MVP and prototypes
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Develop Business Model and test solution
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Emphasise the Market-Solution-fit and USP
Part II: remote
16.09, 18.09, 23.09, 25.09
08.07, 10.07, 15.07, 17.07
- Initiate detailed product development
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Project roadmap for the next phases and go-to-market concept
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Define business setup and establish performance measurement
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Retrospective of the project work in the training
Business Setup
Part III: on site
22.-23.07.
30.09.-01.10.
Costs for the training per person (excl. VAT):
Participation fee €3,100
Catering on the attendance days €150
Total €3,250
