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Rick Mitchell

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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You have a strategy whether you like it or not

17 December, 2019

Trying to do everything for everyone is not possible – but how do you prioritise? This paper in the Harvard Business Review looks at different

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portfolio tools

Portfolio management tools and approaches

17 December, 2019

The aim of portfolio management is to ensure that a sensible set of innovation projects is supported by the company, for example balancing risk against

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FEMA

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

28 November, 2019

To fail fast can save enormous waste later in the product lifecycle. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), enables potential errors or faults to be

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R&D publications

Must read papers on aspects of R&D Management

26 November, 2019

Want to know about R&D Management but too busy to read all the journals? The editors for R&D Today have each selected a journal and

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design thinking

The Right Way to Lead Design Thinking – a review

25 October, 2019

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

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Hourglass - time in R&D

The Cost of Time in R&D projects

5 February, 2019

Rick Mitchell explains how to estimate in financial terms the impact of delay to an R&D project – a vital input when deciding what actions

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Agile project management

Can Agile be used for hardware development?

12 December, 2018

Can Agile project management methods – widely used in software – be applied in projects involving hardware? Rick Mitchell considers the question.

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Fig 3 The Permeable Funnel

Are these the best tools for R&D Management?

29 June, 2018
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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RADMA trustees at Wiley

RADMA trustees meet up at Wiley

4 May, 2018

The RADMA trustees meeting was hosted by Wiley Business in Oxford

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Rick Mitchell

Rick Mitchell

23 February, 2018

Rick is a Visiting Professor of Innovation for University of Cambridge and Cranfield University

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Kano model of product or service features 2

Improving Product Features: When is More Less?

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

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