July 01, 2009
Many companies do not learn from their new product mistakes. Consequently, the mistakes are repeated, wasting millions, even billions, of R&D and marketing dollars every year. Product development...
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When is a new product considered 'commercial'? How do people decide when a new product is "commercial"? I am looking for a short definition that the project team can use to guide their decision. -...
Initiated: Fall 2017 Expected completion: mid-2019 Final report out presentation at the 2019 IRI Annual Conference Value proposition “[T]hose most able to learn from failed experiences will be those...
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1We present a large-sample survey of open innovation adoption and management in large firms, a follow-up to a previous study. We repeat some of the survey measures from the...
A measure of the failure of projects to move beyond a given stage; particularly in reference to the later stages of the product/process development activity.
January 04, 2018
I have always been intrigued by the notion of forest succession. Following the burnout of a forest, the trees that grow are not (at first) the ones that were burned. The soil and the light are not...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics 1. Metric Definition The percent of projects in the total portfolio having moved through a defined project management...
How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
Do you offer awards for innovation? I am doing benchmarking to determine what types of awards are offered for innovation. We have expanded globally and I am also interested to learn how other global...
January 04, 2018
We present a large-sample survey of open innovation adoption and management in large firms, a follow-up to a previous study. We repeat some of the survey measures from the first survey, finding that...
July 01, 2019
If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough. —Mario Andretti On February 17, a 21-car pileup interrupted the final laps of the Daytona 500. A mega-wreck like this one is known in...
February 25, 2015
ROR Stage: wrapping up How do companies organize and operate to take a whitespace opportunity and nurture it to a point where either an existing business will recognize its value or the company...
October 09, 2019
New product development (NPD) involves many estimates and assumptions in determining what financial outcome a portfolio of projects will deliver. We would like to understand what companies consider...
A set of measures of both the cost efficiency and cost effectiveness of the operation of R&D processes within the company, for example, average cost per successful project, spending as percent of projected project cost, percentage of costs devoted to successful projects, and others.
October 15, 2014
Pursuing Whitespace Opportunities ROR Stage: Gathering and analyzing data This ROR considers the challenge faced by Central R&D and Business Development teams who, at times, identify new...
1. Metric Definition A group of measures of the financial return of R&D or the innovation process, including the New Sales Ratio (the percent of current sales originating from new products), Cost...