Advanced Topics in Forecasting Adoption

The goal of this training is to establish an in-depth understanding of technology adoption and forecasting methods. Upon completion of the course, participants will have constructed multiple models of adoption forecasts, representing a wide spectrum of potential applications.

  1. Conceptual fundamentals of adoption and adoption theories
  2. Determinants of adoption
  3. Fitting adoption through historical data
    • The simple case: point estimate forecast
    • Probabilistic variants
  4. Organic models of adoption
    • Linear
    • Logistic
    • Bass
      • Continuous
        • Traditional model
        • Time-to-90% Max
      • Discrete
    • Gompertz
  5. Adoption models with dynamic input parameters
  6. Disruption
    • Disruptive events (non-competitive)
    • Competitive disruption
      • Uni-directional disruption
      • Interactive disruption of multiple competing technology classes
  7. Application and mis-appication of adoption models

Modality: Didactic and experiential
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Strategic Forecasting
Tuition:  $1,499