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December 2004 Jerry Robertson "I remember my first meeting as a member of the Board of Directors of the then Society of Concurrent Engineering. Brad Goldense was explaining the enormous benefits from using Best Practices in Product Development. I thought to myself and then said, “I’d settle for good practices.” Over the years, attending meetings and conferences, I learned the types of extraordinary effort that people have invested into their processes. This is not just a nice thing to do – companies have been rescued from oblivion because someone cared enough to make the investment. " Read More... September 2004 Jerry Robertson "This year we are continuing in the vein of Organizational Learning, a follow-up to the idea that almost everyone is doing CPD now to some extent but almost everyone is having trouble of some kind with implementation (and may not know it)." Read More... September 2004 Jerry Robertson "My professional life began in the Marines – I joined the Marines to go to school and I learned the value of teamwork in bootcamp." Read More... May 2004 Jerry Robertson "When we changed the titles and directions of the last two meetings for this season – Accelerating Organizational Learning and ER for Troubled Projects – we were counting on our Customers’ Voices to be right." Read More... April 2004 Jerry Robertson "I read assiduously and am surprised at how often I run across stories about product development written by people who do not develop products (traditional ones, that is)." Read More... December 2003 President Renee Dorjahn "Recently, the National Institutes of Health has undertaken perhaps its most ambitious technical and management endeavor, the Human Proteome Project." Read More... November 2003 President Renee Dorjahn "Recently, media coverage and public interest in corporate governance (or lack thereof) has reached new levels. In several news stories, the all-too-cozy relationship between boards of directors and senior executives resulted in negative news..." Read More... October 2003 President Renee Dorjahn "With few exceptions, students of all ages have now returned to school. Some are beginning at a new school, while others are completing studies, and making preparations to join the workforce. At this time every year, why not take stock and explore some educational opportunities for yourself?" Read More... March 2003 President Renee Dorjahn "As we continue the story of a real product design-in effort, the focus shifts to several non-technical product issues. It is challenging to design a solid, high performing, customerdelighting product..." Read More... February 2003 President Renee Dorjahn "The summer is drawing to a close, and your team is now well accustomed to the twice a week conference calls with your big customer..." Read More... November 2002 President Renee Dorjahn "Imagine - it's June, and you just received word that a big customer, the 'marquis account' in your industry, has selected you for their new..." Read More... May 2002 President Renee Dorjahn "While all five pillars of the SCPD Body of Knowledge - Strategy, People, Process, Tools and Technology - represent critical aspects of..." Read More... March 2002 President Renee Dorjahn "As we lay the foundation for 2002-2003, I encourage you to get involved. The Boston Chapter has a long history of excellent programs..." Read More... August 2001 President Renee Dorjahn "We never do have time. No time to listen, no time to read, no time to think things through, no time for spell-checking, no time to respond..." Read More...
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