New Product Introduction
Reduce risk before committing serious time and money.
Turn product failure into product success with a structured approach to defining and validating a new product initiative.
New ideas show up full of enthusiasm and half-tested assumptions. Teams rush to timelines, features, and pricing before validating whether the opportunity is real. Without a structured approach to defining and testing the idea, excitement turns into expensive rework. A disciplined front-end process separates promising opportunities from costly distractions.
Introducing new products is a complex process, and many companies struggle with it for various reasons. Common causes of these failures include a poor understanding of the market, solving a problem that doesn't exist, an idea that doesn't leverage your capabilities, or a misunderstanding of the competitive landscape.
Transform ideas into winning products systematically. This engagement guides teams through problem definition, customer discovery, market assessment, positioning, and validation. You’ll pressure-test assumptions, explore alternatives, and make informed decisions about whether—and how—to proceed. This isn’t about generating ideas; it’s about deciding which ideas deserve to survive.
For heads of product and/or portfolio, portfolio managers, product managers, product marketing managers
What you get
Lessons follow the L-E-A-P approach: LEARN and discuss the current situation, EXTEND with a tool or method, APPLY to your product or market, and ensure adoption with a PEER REVIEW.
Jump-start the path to a standard playbook with a starter kit of methods and templates. Adapt this playbook to create a version tailored to your organization.
Brief your leadership team on the engagement results and share your plan for the next steps. Together, we help your leadership team understand the impact product management can bring to your organization.
Leverage the wisdom of your product team to ensure applicability and adoption with a PEER REVIEW guided by an experienced coach.
A planning process centered around continuous learning to guide from idea to market.
Demonstrate to the world that you have completed the program with a certificate to include on your resume and on LinkedIn.
Topics
The Business of Product
Strong product leaders don’t manage backlogs—they run businesses. This lesson reframes products as economic engines, showing how to evaluate and invest in offerings that drive long-term growth instead of short-term output.
Clarify the Initiative
Validate the Opportunity
Assess the Competitive Landscape
Validate the Solution
Justify the Investment
Bring the business and financial insights together to show how this product improves the business and why it deserves funding and focus now.
Optional: Capstone Project for a New Product Initiative
Topics
The Business of Product
Strong product leaders don’t manage backlogs—they run businesses. This lesson reframes products as economic engines, showing how to evaluate and invest in offerings that drive long-term growth instead of short-term output.
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We Have an Idea [video cover - The Business of Product] | Every organization has more ideas than it can afford to pursue. Learn how to quickly assess unfamiliar markets, define the right level of upfront investment, and make disciplined go/no-go decisions before committing serious resources. |
We Have an Idea [video cover - The Business of Product]
Every organization has more ideas than it can afford to pursue. Learn how to quickly assess unfamiliar markets, define the right level of upfront investment, and make disciplined go/no-go decisions before committing serious resources.
The Business of Product
Strong product leaders don’t manage backlogs—they run businesses. This lesson reframes products as economic engines, showing how to evaluate and invest in offerings that drive long-term growth instead of short-term output.
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From Idea to Market | Most teams either improvise or over-engineer their process. This session introduces a practical decision framework for moving from idea to market—ensuring clarity on what decisions matter, when they happen, and who owns them. |
From Idea to Market
Most teams either improvise or over-engineer their process. This session introduces a practical decision framework for moving from idea to market—ensuring clarity on what decisions matter, when they happen, and who owns them.
The Business of Product
Strong product leaders don’t manage backlogs—they run businesses. This lesson reframes products as economic engines, showing how to evaluate and invest in offerings that drive long-term growth instead of short-term output.
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Projects and Products | Not everything deserves to be a product. This lesson clarifies the difference between projects and scalable products, helping you align market problems, organizational capabilities, and differentiation into a coherent product strategy. |
Projects and Products
Not everything deserves to be a product. This lesson clarifies the difference between projects and scalable products, helping you align market problems, organizational capabilities, and differentiation into a coherent product strategy.
