European Committee for Standardization

Innovation management - Part 7: Innovation Management Assessment
 N CEN/TS 16555-7

Annotation

This Technical Specification provides guidance on assessing the innovation management system (IMS) and its performance. It describes how organizations can create transparency internally on strengths and weaknesses in their innovation management system. This transparency can be used as a basis to develop effective actions to improve the innovation management capabilities and performance. Increased innovation management performance is essential for generating value for the organization, its network partners and key stakeholders.

This Technical Specification provides guidance on:

• various types of innovation management assessment approaches;

• the generic process of an effective innovation management assessment;

• elements of innovation management to assess, including the insights and the impact that can be gained from the innovation management assessment.

By using this Technical Specification, organizations are guided to gain an overview of different innovation management assessment approaches. By knowing these approaches, organisations can design their innovation management assessment. The results of this innovation management assessment are therefore the basis to develop an action plan to improve the capabilities and performance of their innovation management on a continuous basis.

This technical specification does not address:

• recommendations on choosing specific tools for innovation management assessment;

• the measures for improving innovation management performance;