January 01, 2013
We are drowning in data—data from social media streams, digital images, banking and transaction records, sensors, GPS signals, and countless other sources. We create nearly 12 terabytes each day in...
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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.
September 01, 2013
Two types of scenarios are commonly used to explore the future in a structured fashion: deductive and inductive. Deductive scenarios take a top-down approach, producing scenarios that allow leaders...
May 01, 2012
Each year, Booz Allen Hamilton administers the Global Innovation 1000, a survey of the world’s 1000 biggest R&D spenders. The survey, originated in 2005, was started to validate the accepted...
July 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: This article explores General Electric's experience with open collaboration as part of its research and development efforts in markets adjacent to the company’s core businesses. In recent...
September 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: A key to effective and efficient R&D is the ability to commercialize new products quickly and effectively while leveraging the advantages of global outsourcing. The growing role of...
July 01, 2011
Culture matters. From marketing to manufacturing, culture shapes every aspect of business; corporate culture and its discontents are the topic of any number of studies, and countless consultant...
November 01, 2011
A clear, measurable end goal with a variety of motivators, well-designed prizes leverage the principles of competition to bring a field of solvers to bear on a given challenge. Prizes offer...
January 01, 2010
An application-oriented methodology using tear-down analysis and strategic evaluation can forecast technological trends and prioritize technologies for investment in markets where applications are...
March 01, 2010
Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are justifiably applicable only to large portfolios because they assess value by using statistical concepts, such as probability, mean and...
March 01, 2009
Globalized R&D operations require far more than an offshore R&D center or a partnership with a low-cost country service provider. Early questions around “ Why globalize? ” have been replaced...
May 01, 2009
As companies attempt to do “more with less ” and increase the speed and number of products they bring to market, many are opening up their business models to a much larger ecosystem of “ partners. ”...
April 01, 2008
Although we live in a rapidly evolving world, many of the changes associated with this evolution can be anticipated with the proper analysis. Typically, significant social, economic and political...
July 01, 2008
Decision-making in today’s environment is difficult, and new managers in R&D and other technical positions are often shocked at the lack of systematic decision-making they find in their...
November 01, 2015
Digital technologies are rapidly changing the basis of competitive advantage. In this interview, author and consultant Joe Weinman discusses the digital disciplines necessary for future success and...
March 01, 2014
In the last several decades, we have become much better at doing things right. Well-understood project management tools help companies manage schedule, cost, and requirements; program management...
November 01, 2012
When I was younger, and perhaps more impulsive, I jumped out of a plane. A bunch of guys on my floor in college took a three-hour course on parachuting, and then we jumped. My parachute had a hole in...