This group gives you an opportunity to stay active in the networking and learning activities of IRI, and provide valuable assistance to the organization based on your skills and experience. Keep...
Learning Center
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.
Wednesday February 22, 2017 – Friday February 24, 2017
IRI and NC State's Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) partner to bring you the most cutting edge research in R&D management.
The Forum is designed to increase member networking opportunities and help members quickly find solutions that can be implemented in their organizations.
Hack-a-thons are single live meetings held to tackle one particular, discreet challenge facing R&D practitioners, typically lasting two hours to one full day. The goal is to create a deliverable...
Online Registration | Registration Form | Hotel Reservations | Agenda | Brochure | Group Outings Expand your networking and be sure to plan your travel to join us on one the tours scheduled for...
May 24, 2016
The Big Data project is part of IRI’s strategic research platform on Digitalization and its Implications for R&D Management. Their goal is to answer the following research questions: How will Big...
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...
The Big Data project is one focus area of the IRI study “Digitalization and its Implications for R&D Management. This project was kicked off in early 2015 and will be completed in October 2016. This document is the first deliverable in the project, providing an introduction to the topic and a framework for understanding its relevance to IRI members. The Big Data Primer document is available to IRI members only.
How do you organize R&D? The CTO from Procter & Gamble, Bruce Brown, gave an excellent presentation on "Why Innovation Matters: Mastering a Reliable, Repeatable Process" as the opening...
Initiated: Winter 2020 Expected completion: Late 2021 Kick off webinar Value proposition Acceleration of the transformation of corporate entrepreneurship capabilities by identifying best and next...
2004 - 2005 Deliverables Summary of Management in the New Economy (MINE) survey results. Interpretation for IRI member companies. New management tool for mapping the evolution of R&D organization...
Deliverables Infographic summarizing results Recruitment and Retention of Early Career Technical Talent - RTM Journal, September - October, 2018 ***to view, log into your IRI account, click here once...
Timeframe: March - September 2018 Deliverables: Report , Webinar recording This project was a benchmarking exercise to see how innovation metrics can best be presented in dashboard form. A group of...
2010 - 2014 Deliverables Report out Member Summit 2014 Description This ROR investigated how firms develop innovation workforce excellence and career paths for innovation experts as a mechanism for...
The enhanced importance of reliable metrics is being driven by several forces: the need to justify the investment in R&D to senior management; the desire to improve efficiency in the use of R&D resources; and a means to estimate the value of the R&D investment for the future growth of the company.
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. -...