Agile / Lean IP Integration As shown in the "Agile/Lean Integration" figure, the goal of the IP supporting personnel should be to integrate their activities into the agile development methodology. This means the project development team should be IP-educated before entering into the planning phase where initial IP priorities are identified. In the [...]
Methods of Accelerating Innovation and Product Development For efficient IP and business integration to occur it’s best to start the integration during the R&D process. The “Methods of Accelerating Innovation and Product Development” figure shows five means of acceleration and how four aspects of the development phases can be accelerated. The last column [...]
IP Management Hierarchy Pyramid To embed integrated work processes in an organization is not however an easy task. The overall objective is to evaluate and provide upgrades to the company’s IP culture, work processes, and toolsets. The goal is to create, maintain, and extract value from intellectual property in a way to the [...]
Companies typically have a system in place for new ideas. These include systems for identification, evaluation, and handling new products and service opportunities. They also typically have a somewhat aligned their R&D and IP portfolio integration with business strategy. And finally they often have a core business that has evolved its business strategy [...]
The Dyadic Fourth Generation R&D Organization On the operations side of 4G innovation the Tenth Principle of 4G directs the creation and operation of two new types of innovation labs that supplement traditional R&D labs and market research activities such as focus groups and surveys that are jointly staffed by partner organizations. The [...]
Job Level Ladder Roles in technical organizations have been designed along the traditional hierarchy of entry-level positions up through the CTO or VP of R&D. Responsibility and accountability increases as one moves up this management ladder. This is shown in the typical “Job Level Ladder” figure. Span of control and participation in the [...]
The Five Phases of Organizational Growth It is also important to note that just like technologies and markets, organizations go through their own stages of growth. This can be shown in “The Five Phases of Organizational Growth” figure. This model shows the various crises that develop during the growth cycles, and the organization [...]
Organizational Design Options 7S Organizational Model There are a variety of ways, shown in the Organizational Design Options" figure, in which people can organize to create successful societies, communities and organizations. When designing the organizational structure for innovation organizations the “7S” model provides an overall framework to think through that design. This is [...]
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