February 22, 2017
Current computing technologies can help management de-risk business decisions by providing the facts necessary for rational decision-making. The challenge is in framing ambiguous business statements...
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IRI resources assist your day-to-day R&D functions and help in problem solving. Search by keyword, topic, or your R&D role to find tools to help you manage your organization's R&D and innovation process more effectively.
February 22, 2017
This project is working to identify a set of tools that R&D organizations can use to effectively employ technical liquid talent. They are specifically looking at the following areas: 1. Knowledge...
February 23, 2017
There is growing interest in determining whether social media analytics can provide new insight into business performance. But, are these new data sources optimal or added noise for timely decision...
May 16, 2017
Breakout Session Creation of a middle-man to broker technologies can have great benefits to satisfy a diverse set of program needs, but also comes with many challenges. Managing competing sources of...
May 10, 2017
Express Learning R&D isn’t driving growth the way it used to--its productivity has fallen 65% over the past several years. Professor Knott conducted two NSF studies across a full spectrum of...
May 11, 2017
We are happy to bring you take-aways from each plenary session from the 2017 Annual Meeting. Please share what you've learned with your team and spread your learnings more deeply within your...
September 17, 2017
Edward Tse talks with Jim Euchner about China’s rising entrepreneurialism and how multinationals can succeed in China. Step 1: Logged in IRI Members click here fo r credential verification (only...
October 08, 2017
Why are eco-design tools typically only brought into the new product development life cycle when another design already exists and needs to be improved? Thomas Marting, this year's Maurice Holland...
October 10, 2017
We are happy to bring you take-aways from each Member Summit plenary session. Please share what you've learned with your team and more deeply within your organization. The PowerPoint Summary contains...
May 14, 2018
Gridley! Gridley! Get in here; we’re in crisis mode! We need someone to develop relationships with Chinese universities pronto. Our competitors are ahead of us and if we don’t move fast, all the good...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics The 50 metrics are listed in priority according to the ranking developed by attendees at the IRI Meeting in Williamsburg,...
Tuesday June 21, 2016 3:00pm – 7:00pm
IRI’s 2016 Regional Meetings will focus on “Commercializing New Technology”. Five member organizations across the US will host a meeting where R&D professionals will sit down in with local peers...
Wednesday June 01, 2016 3:00pm – 7:00pm
IRI’s 2016 Regional Meetings will focus on “Commercializing New Technology”. Five member organizations across the US will host a meeting where R&D professionals will sit down in with local peers...
March 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: New product development projects are highly risky technical undertakings. Organizations frequently seek to manage the risk involved using standard risk management procedures, knowing that a...
September 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: In addition to acquiring external technology, many industrial firms now seek to license their technology out to external partners. These technology out-licensing activities promise...
Do you have a PPM success story? Director, Global Consumer Products Company I am interesting in reading some success stories from companies that have been able to make significant improvements in the...