R&D Today
R&D Today – sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
R&D Today aims to share knowledge, new approaches and well proven techniques, it is the outreach site for the Research and Development Management Association (RADMA), a charitable organisation that supports research, best practice and education.
The intention is to signpost resources, papers and tools that would be of value to someone working in R&D and innovation management. All content is credited and referenced back to the source in line with the fair use doctrine.
We have found the Pentathlon provides a useful framework for discussion – click through the slides below to explore further.
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Our Themes
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
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Preparations for the 2020 R&D Management Conference Innovation across Boundaries: Historical Reflections and Future Vision (27 June -1 July, Glasgow) have already begun – more information.
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Orona-EIC made an analysis of the impact of particular Innovation Management Tools on its cooperative research model. It found the most valuable tools to be: collaborative project management, portfolio management, roadmapping, scenario techniques.
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Approaches to resource-constrained innovation in emerging markets
The economic rise in emerging markets – especially in China and India – has created a new market segment, variously referred to as the ‘middle’ market and sometimes the ‘good-enough’ market. However, there are some misconceptions around the different...
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Technology roadmapping – a framework for evolution and revolution – a review
A ‘fast-start’ method for technology roadmapping discussed in this paper, provides a means for improved understanding of the architecture of roadmaps and for rapidly initiating roadmapping in a variety of organizational contexts, says Clare Farruk
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R&D Controlling and Performance Management
Having the right capabilities, the right toolbox, and the right processes in place is crucial if R&D performance management is to make a difference.
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Developing industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits – a review
The collaborative industrial-academic development of management toolkits is still a novel concept, writes Clare Farrukh. She introduces a paper that discusses the potential of these tools. Key principles for developing industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits Kerr, Farrukh, Phaal...
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R&D Today sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
Latest news
ORONA finding the right innovation management tools for SMEs
Orona-EIC made an analysis of the impact of particular Innovation Management Tools on its cooperative research model. It found the most valuable tools to be: collaborative project management, portfolio management, roadmapping, scenario techniques.
Read more
Approaches to resource-constrained innovation in emerging markets
The economic rise in emerging markets – especially in China and India – has created a new market segment, variously referred to as the ‘middle’ market and sometimes the ‘good-enough’ market. However, there are some misconceptions around the different...
Read more
Technology roadmapping – a framework for evolution and revolution – a review
A ‘fast-start’ method for technology roadmapping discussed in this paper, provides a means for improved understanding of the architecture of roadmaps and for rapidly initiating roadmapping in a variety of organizational contexts, says Clare Farruk
Read more
Developing industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits – a review
The collaborative industrial-academic development of management toolkits is still a novel concept, writes Clare Farrukh. She introduces a paper that discusses the potential of these tools. Key principles for developing industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits Kerr, Farrukh, Phaal...
Read more
The Right Way to Lead Design Thinking – a review
Design thinking is challenging because it involves something more fundamental than managing change: It involves discovering what change is needed. Rick Mitchell has found this paper in Harvard Business Review of interest.
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