ISO TR 56004:2019 pdf download.Innovation Management Assessment-Guidance.
Innovation is the key driver for organizations to create value from new products, services, processes, or business models. Therefore, innovation needs to be managed in a systematic manner. Many organizations have already established their innovation management (IM). This might build on key success factors such as the innovation strategy and objectives, the operations for innovation including the processes and organizational structures, and the innovation-enabling factors, the innovation support, including among others the innovation culture, tools and methods, competencies, human and financial resources. Managing innovation in a systematic manner creates value and secures the organization’s future. As a consequence, organizations seek guidance on continuously developing their innovation management capabilities and performance. A pre-requisite is transparency of the organization’s current performance of its IM. To achieve necessary transparency here, regular and effective assessments of the IM are essential. In this context, this document is designed to answer the following over-riding question: How can an Innovation Management Assessment (IMA) contribute to the future development of an organization and its IM?
This document provides guidance on why it is beneficial to implement an IMA, what you can expect from a good IMA, how to carry it out, and act upon the results of the IMA. More specifically, the document provides the fundamentals for considering an IMA and provides the foundation for carrying out such a process. It is intended to help the user to understand the:
new or changed entity, realizing or redistributing value
Note 1 to entry: Novelty and value are relative to, and determined by the perception of, the organization and interested parties.
Note 2 to entry: An innovation can be a product, service, process, model, method etc.
Note 3 to entry: Innovation is an outcome. The word “innovation” sometimes refers to activities or processes resulting in, or aiming for, innovation. When “innovation” is used in this sense, it should always be used with some form of qualifier, e.g. “innovation activities”.
Note 4 to entry: For the purpose of statistical measurement, refer to the Oslo Manual (OECD/Eurostat 2018):’New or changed entity’ corresponds to ‘a new or improved product or process, or combination thereof, that differs significantly from the unit’s previous products or processes’. ‘Realizing or redistributing value’ corresponds to ‘and that has been made available to potential users or brought into use by the unit’.ISO-TR-56004-2019