PDMA - Product Development and Management Association

PDMA - Product Development and Management Association PDMA powers product professionals at every point in their product career. Product Managers! Product Teams. Experience what PDMA can do for you! Join TEAM PDMA.

Join PDMA.ORG - the #1 global organization and source of end-to-end product development and innovation management knowledge, wisdom, expertise, and experience. The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is the #1 global source of END-TO-END Product Development and Innovation Management knowledge, wisdom, expertise, and experience, Our vast unduplicated unique body of knowledge (BoK) is available for you to use to POWER your PRODUCT career. EXPERIENCE being part of the #1 Global Source of END-TO-END Product Development and Innovation Management knowledge, wisdom, expertise, and experience. Our TEAM PDMA body of knowledge (BoK) has unsurpassed breadth and depth, spanning professionals, academics, consultants, corporations, students, chapters and global affiliates. Our BoK perspective is comprehensive and is an END-TO-END matrix of diverse functional disciplines and practices, from R&D, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management, and Operations. Experience TEAM PDMA! Our membership experience offers access to this essential and valuable body of knowledge, through research, knowledge sharing, networking, professional development, training, certification, and regional and global events. PDMA is the #1 Organization for Product Development and Innovation Management Professionals, Academics, and Consultants. Our skills are essential, highly valued, and sought by businesses and universities and we are leaders in driving product development and innovation management productivity in terms of efficiency, speed, and impact. We focus and serve individuals and teams who lead or are a member of product development and innovation management initiatives. Product Development and Innovation Management is a TEAM SPORT. Make your team a winning team. The development of new products and services involves an integrated set of unique activities. PDMA is the only organization that focuses end-to-end on addressing this challenge by providing professional development, education, certification, experience, career-enhancing network-building, innovation recognition, and global events.

Good market research doesn’t just give you more data. It gives you greater confidence in what to do next.The PDMA Certif...
10/13/2026

Good market research doesn’t just give you more data. It gives you greater confidence in what to do next.

The PDMA Certificate in Market Research Live Virtual Masterclass is designed to strengthen the skills behind those decisions, from understanding customer needs and market opportunities to gathering, interpreting, and applying the right insights.

Join Brian Sheil of Applied Marketing Science for two interactive sessions on November 3 & 5, 10:30 AM–12:30 PM CST.

Participation is capped at just 15 to keep the experience interactive and focused.

Build your market research capabilities and earn your PDMA Certificate in Market Research:

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 2026 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit and JPIM Research Forum in Atlanta!Special...
10/12/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 2026 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit and JPIM Research Forum in Atlanta!

Special shout-out to all of our amazing volunteers, leaders, speakers, and sponsors for making this year's event one to remember!

Congratulations to our Global Student Innovation Challenge (GSIC) winners!🏆 1st place: Novadüng: A Cassava-Derived Bio-S...
10/11/2026

Congratulations to our Global Student Innovation Challenge (GSIC) winners!

🏆 1st place: Novadüng: A Cassava-Derived Bio-SAP Hybrid Diaper System for Sustainable and Accessible Infant Hygiene in Indonesia from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Arvyno Pranata Limahardja, Muhammad Dika Hakim, Nadya Saski Wardiman, Naila Faridah Wasilah
Advising professor: Sidik Permana

🏆 2nd place: PeatGuard- Restoring Degraded Peatlands with Satellite Technologies and Community Mobilisation from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Tommy Quak, Delfina Poernomo, Louise Goh
Advising Professor: Ong Chi Wei

🏆 3rd place: GridFlex - EV Charging Load Management Platform from Technical University Berlin, Germany
Aditya Narayan Rath, Christie Merin Manoj, Dishant Shamkant Bhor, Sanjeet Singh Kajal, Sukhmani Kaur Toor
Advising Professor: Dr. Søren Salomo

Finalists presented their ideas at the 2026 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit and JPIM Research Forum in Atlanta to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Congratulations!

Welcome to Atlanta and the 2026 JPIM Research Forum!We're excited to bring the innovation management research community ...
10/10/2026

Welcome to Atlanta and the 2026 JPIM Research Forum!

We're excited to bring the innovation management research community together for two days of new ideas, thoughtful discussion, and meaningful connections.

To everyone presenting, participating, and contributing to this year's Forum, thank you for being part of the exchange that makes this community so valuable.

Here's to an inspiring two days ahead!

One more day.Tomorrow, 11 research tracks, Roy Suddaby’s keynote, Meet the Editors, and researchers from across the inno...
10/09/2026

One more day.

Tomorrow, 11 research tracks, Roy Suddaby’s keynote, Meet the Editors, and researchers from across the innovation management community come together in Atlanta.

We’re ready for the ideas, questions, and conversations ahead.

See you tomorrow at the 2026 JPIM Research Forum.

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors Carnegie Mellon University Integrated Innovation Institute , kHUB, Narratize, and Rezoome...
10/09/2026

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors Carnegie Mellon University Integrated Innovation Institute , kHUB, Narratize, and Rezoomex for making the 2026 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit possible!

Good morning from Day 2 of PDMA Ignite! ⚡We’re starting Friday with:→ OUTSTANDING CORPORATE INNOVATOR AWARD PRESENTATION...
10/09/2026

Good morning from Day 2 of PDMA Ignite! ⚡
We’re starting Friday with:
→ OUTSTANDING CORPORATE INNOVATOR AWARD PRESENTATIONS
→ WORKSHOP: From Trade-Offs to Breakthroughs: How TRIZ, Jobs-to-Be-Done (JTBD), and GenAI Turn Constraints into Competitive Advantage with Jay Nakagawa , Dell Technologies; Bill Reid, Boulder Imaging
→ WORKSHOP: Making AI Adoption Stick: Practical Strategies for Lasting Change with Michelle Kelly & Douglas Leal, CGI

Yesterday gave us plenty to think about. This morning, we’re picking right back up with more ideas to explore and new approaches to put to work. Let’s get Day 2 started!

A huge shout out to our Platinum Sponsor Adorant Group for supporting the 2026 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit!
10/08/2026

A huge shout out to our Platinum Sponsor Adorant Group for supporting the 2026 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit!

Good morning from Atlanta! ⚡ PDMA Ignite starts now!We have two days of product innovation ahead of us, and today we're ...
10/08/2026

Good morning from Atlanta! ⚡ PDMA Ignite starts now!

We have two days of product innovation ahead of us, and today we're getting started with:
💡 Opening Keynote: Winning at New Products in AI Era with Dr. Robert Cooper, Stage Gate International
💡 BoK 4.0
💡 Workshop: Key Characteristics of the Next Generation of New Product Governance System with Michelle Jones, Stage Gate International and Penny Wise, 3M
💡 Workshop: Leading Innovation Through the Four Phases of Product Leadership with Anshul Garg, Amazon

And tonight, we’re celebrating a milestone: 50 years of PDMA! 🎉 Join us as past PDMA presidents look back at where we’ve been and ahead to what’s next, followed by our interactive 50th Anniversary Game Show.

Welcome to PDMA Ignite. Let’s get started!

AI can help product managers move faster. But faster toward what?As ex*****on becomes easier and cheaper, problem defini...
10/08/2026

AI can help product managers move faster. But faster toward what?

As ex*****on becomes easier and cheaper, problem definition becomes a competitive advantage.

In the FREE PDMA webcast AI Evolution of Product Management, Dr. Nishant Parikh, Director of Product Development at Mastercard, explores how AI is changing the product development lifecycle and why the PM’s value is evolving along with it.

See what this shift means for how you define problems, make decisions, iterate, and lead product development in the AI era.

Register for the free webcast: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-evolution-of-product-management-tickets-1997722693353

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