Innovation Management

For a successful innovation management it is important to see the whole picture.
The targets of innovation management are normally set by the strategic business planning, which includes also the relevant transfer channels. Due to the importance of innovation management there exists often a dedicated organisational unit inside the company board.

We offer support for elaboration, modification and implementation of a holistic innovation management . The process consists of the modules preparatory work for idea generation, core process, transfer channels, organisational and strategic business planning and support processes. Of course individual modules can be selected according to your preference.

We support you to implement your innovation management sustainably in your business planning, which provides the thematic frame for idea search areas and the time frame for the innovation process. We can also elaborate inputs for the innovation search fields based on technologies as well as market inputs. We support you to better understand the influence of transfer channels on the innovation search fields.

A central aspect of the innovation management is the governance of the core process which comprises the elaboration of ideas to the implementation into products and processes. In general such processes are carried out as projects. One of the most popular models is the Cooper model, which exists in a basic version as well as more complex with iterations (spirals) and further elements (adaptive, flexible, agile, accelerated) adopted from other development processes.

Besides the Cooper method also other methods are available e.g. Design Thinking which focuses more on the idea generation process or the V-Model which puts more emphasis on the systems engineering aspects during the development phase. Those processes can be combined and adapted to fulfill your needs. We support you in the development of innovation processes tailored to your individual needs including the related decision gates.

In some industrial sectors e.g. the aerospace industry, public funded projects are very often used to carry out innovation projects rather cost efficiently. We support you in the decision when public funding can be useful for your innovation projects and also to find public funding calls for to place your project. We can also be of help for the subsequent phases of generating a consortium, filing a proposal with the related cost estimates and also managing finally the public funded project.