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Tools and Techniques

Cambridge Value Mapping Tool identifies failed value

What does failed value mean in the world that’s interested in sustainability?

25 April, 2025

New business models are key to sustainability, but many of the traditional tools fail to provide a solution. Our value mapping exercise unlocked the intellectual

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Fig 3 The Permeable Funnel

Are these the best tools for R&D Management?

17 April, 2025

There are many excellent tools and techniques for R&D management, but all too often people re-invent the wheel as knowledge of these gems is not

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Is the waterfall framework outdated

Is the FDA’s waterfall framework for design control outdated for medtech development?

26 September, 2024

The Federal Drug Agency’s 1997 design control guidance – built on a traditional waterfall framework – is increasingly misaligned with the dynamic landscape of medical

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Beyond Stage-Gate Dr Robert G Cooper

Accelerating new product development

17 November, 2021

“Now is the time to re-think the firm’s innovation process and methods,” argues Robert G.Cooper, best known for the development of StageGate, a new product

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The problem with Value

Answering the question “What is the value of R&D activity?”

6 October, 2021

The question that all R&D managers are asked is “What value will this activity generate for the company, its products and services?” In her paper

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Absorptive Capacity Audit

Absorptive Capacity Audit

27 September, 2021

Utilising this audit, the reader can assess the strengths and weaknesses in their ability to find, assimilate and use new knowledge to advantage – absorptive

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Figure 1 The New World Kirkpatrick Model (1994)

Direct coaching supports SMEs with inbound knowledge transfer from university

30 September, 2020

Could coaching provide the support that SME’s require to improve their innovation activities? In a pilot 10 SMEs were introduced to strategy and technology management

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Tool Fingerprinting characterising management tools

Tool Fingerprinting: Characterising Management Tools

30 September, 2020

Management tools and techniques such as roadmapping, portfolio management methods and scenario planning are considered useful for a variety of business issues, but there is

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Figure 2 - Technology Management framework (Phaal et al, 2004)

Assessing innovation and technology management capabilities in an organisation

29 September, 2020

To extract best value from investments in technology and innovation, managers need to address a wide range of aspects. The emerging ISO standards provide an

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Integrating sustainable value thinking into technology forecasting: a configurable toolset

21 July, 2020

Sustainable value gives longer term business return because it delivers the triple bottom line of economic, environmental and social value. However, current assessment methods are

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usability testing offer new insights for product developers

Usability testing of new COVID-19 workplace test kits

20 July, 2020

Testing for COVID-19 can provide reassurance, even if the result is positive, explains Val Lynch of AND Technology Research, the company provided usability testing to

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Pirelli technology roadmapping

Pirelli’s approach to Technology Roadmapping

1 July, 2020

Globalization has meant that the development of tyres has become increasingly complex and dynamic. Guido Amati, R&D Project Portfolio Management at Pirelli Tyres describes Pirelli’s

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