Managing the R&D pipeline

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Techniques for Effective Prioritisation

By rnd-admin
on 13 September, 2018

Gut feeling may be a valid basis for making decisions about your personal life but a more objective and rigorous approach is needed within R&D Management.

Managing the R&D pipeline

Managing the R&D pipeline

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Kano model of product or service features 2

Improving Product Features: When is More Less?

By rnd-admin
on 5 January, 2018

Different types of feature have different effects on customer satisfaction - analysis by Quality expert, Noriaki Kano, is just as relevant now as it was in 1984

Managing the R&D pipeline

Managing the R&D pipeline

By rnd-admin
on 11 May, 2017

Efficiency of engineers working on multiple projects

Loading and Turbulence in R&D: Is there a Reynolds Number?

By rnd-admin
on 5 May, 2017

A friend in R&D was moaning about how his CEO was forever loading new projects into R&D. “It just fouls things up”, he said, “The more we try and take on, the less actually gets done”. It got me...

John Shave’s “Revenue Replacement Rule”

By rnd-admin
on 28 February, 2017

When I was an R&D manager I often used to face the situation John Shave describes in his introduction when I was asked to approve projects that didn’t seem to be an adequate use of the engineers’ time, and...

Creating compelling objectives to deliver strategic growth platforms

Leaders want their teams to think beyond the day-to-day and create thriving visions for...
Improving Product Features: When is More Less?

Different types of feature have different effects on customer satisfaction - analysis by Quality...
Innovation Fitness Test - a tool to help scoring

John Bessant recommends this tool developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using...
Frugal innovation - competitive advantage when resources are limited

Frugal innovation allows a company with a quality product to compete effectively with cheaper...
Absorptive Capacity Audit

Utilising this audit, the reader can assess the strengths and weaknesses in their ability...