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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.


Research - Metrics for the Fuzzy Front End
1999 - 2001 Deliverables Description Objective: Develop metrics to drive practices and behaviors within the New Concept Development Model This work was conducted in cooperation with IRI's Process...
  • Research
  • Metrics/Finance
  • Research Archive
RTM Managing the Front End of Innovation--Part 1
March 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: An IRI Research-on-Research project looked at effective practices in the front end of innovation through a study of practices in 197 large US-based companies over a three-year period. The...
  • RTM Journal
  • C-Level
  • Management
  • Optimize Company Portfolio
Quality Management in R&D
(Assist member companies in implementing TQM in R&D with case studies on management principles and tools) ROR collected 52 case studies from member companies to learn about the scope of Total...
  • Research
  • Research Archive
RTM - Benchmarking Best NPD Practices—III
October 25, 2019
The new product process by which firms drive new product projects from inception through to commercialization, and the methods, practices and tactics embedded within that process, are the focus of...
  • RTM Journal
  • New Product Development
Weekly Update - Monday, June 8, 2020
June 08, 2020
INNOVATION NEWS HEADER.png Coronavirus: EU grants €314 million to innovative companies to combat the virus and support recovery The Commission announced today that it has awarded nearly €166 million...
  • Newsletters
Weekly Update - Monday, April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020
Ed Bernstein, IRI President: IRI Members helping in the COVID-19 response PPG to Donate 80,000 Masks to Hospitals in Pittsburgh, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Huntsville Xerox plans to mass produce...
  • News & Press Releases
  • Newsletters
RTM - Addressing the Challenges of Portfolio Management
September 01, 2013
Everyone seems to agree that effective portfolio management is a key to driving results from R&D. Most organizations have a set of tools and practices for managing their portfolio. However,...
  • RTM Journal
  • Think and Act Strategically
Research Archives
Technology Value Program 19-1 Balancing Risk in the R&D Portfolio 18-3 Innovation Governance 18-2 Innovation Dashboard Metrics 16-5 Recruiting and Retaining Early Career Technical Talent 16-4...
  • Research
  • IRI Research
Annual Meeting 2015 - Front End Innovation Practices
April 28, 2015
Front End Innovation Practices John Bacon, CEO, iP2Biz iP2Biz will lead a discussion about the ways effective Front End Innovation practices can increase R&D throughput. Many companies encounter...
  • Presentation
Networks - ILN - Top Quartile Practice in the Front End - Part 1
September 16, 2014
To determine the key Front End of Innovation (FEI) skills and activities that a company needs to be proficient in order to achieve robust growth and sustained profitability through an evidence based...
  • Networks
  • Presentation
  • New Business Development
  • Metrics/Finance
Networks - ILN - Top Quartile Practices in the Front End - Part 2
September 16, 2014
To determine the key Front End of Innovation (FEI) skills and activities that a company needs to be proficient in order to achieve robust growth and sustained profitability through an evidence based...
  • Networks
  • Presentation
  • New Business Development
  • Metrics/Finance
Winter Meeting 2010 - Top Quartile Practices in the Front End
February 28, 2010
Objective: To determine the key Front End of Innovation (FEI) skills and activities that a company needs to be proficient in order to achieve robust growth and sustained profitability through an...
  • Optimize Company Portfolio
  • New Product Development
Community Forum - Soliciting New Product Ideas
How do you solicit new product ideas from employees? I'd like to learn how companies solicit new product ideas from employees. Do you have the equivalent of an on-line suggestion box? Do you issue a...
  • Community Forum
  • Talent Management
  • New Product Development
  • Open Innovation
Weekly Update - Monday, April 6, 2020
April 06, 2020
Jump to: Global Innovation News | IRI's Virtual Annual Conference | 2020 PILOT Projects | USG's Digital Transformation | Learn and Share | Executive Education Workshops this June | Upcoming Events...
  • News & Press Releases
  • Newsletters
RTM - Improving the Front End of Innovation with Information Technology
April 01, 2008
The so-called fuzzy front end would seem to be the stage of innovation least suited to the use of information systems and technology, tools usually applied to repeatable processes and those amenable...
  • RTM Journal
  • IT
  • Management
  • Increase Return on Investment
  • Process Improvement
  • New Product Development
Networks - ETN - 7 Keys to Unlock More and Faster Breakthroughs
October 05, 2017
What happens when your Front End Innovation market and technology scouts encounter an external product, technology, IP, and/or supplier suitable for growth in your core adjacency platforms? How does...
  • Networks
  • Presentation
  • External Relations
  • Leverage External Resources
  • New Product Development
  • Process Improvement

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