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We are happy to provide you with the following selected resources dedicated to innovation & new product development practices. We will be regularly adding new items.
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BP	RESOURCES	Key words	Source	Type	Access
BP1	Discover our NEW exclusive report on Strategic Roadmapping Best Practices. The 10 Essentials and Benefits of Strategic Roadmapping This paper condenses the latest research and company learnings into 10 essentials best practices : 1.What is strategic roadmapping? 2.Relationship to other innovation management processes 3.Who should be involved 4.The five benefits of roadmapping 5.Defining a multi-roadmap framework 6.Defining roadmap content 7.Before you start: the ten factors that influence success 8.Roadmapping implementation process 9.The four drivers of sustainable roadmapping 10.Before you finish: roadmapping maturity levels.	Roadmapping, Innovation Strategy, Technology Planning	IFT	Research Paper
BP2	Doing it Right – Winning with New Products. This paper examines the two ways to win at product innovation: doing projects right and doing the right projects . Dr. Cooper explores the critical success factors that make the difference between winning and losing at innovation. He outlines key components of the authentic Stage-Gate® system and the four goals of successful portfolio management.	Stage-Gate Process, Portfolio management, Scoring	Stage-Gate Inc.	White-Paper
BP3	Idea Management Best Practices : we need more BIG ideas! Idea management processes and software have been used for several decades with mixed results. At IFT, we have studied multiple implementations and analyzed companies' feed-back to define a set of key best practices that will drive you to get more Big Ideas and increase your innovation capabilities: 1. Focusing your idea submission 2. Facilitating idea submissions 3. Making meaningful connections 4. Nurturing your ideas before evaluating them 5. Organizing your evaluation and decision process 6. Motivating your staff	Idea management Insights management Correlation engine Idea selection Staff motivation	IFT	Presentation
BP4	The Innovator’s Toolbox: Empowering the Next Wave of Difference Makers. How do organizations identify the most promising ideas and translate these ideas into successful products? This study answers that question by examining how leading companies empower their innovators with tools and strategies that allow them to leverage ideas and knowledge to develop a steady stream of new and profitable products.	Innovation enablers, Idea Generation, Idea Management, Innovation Networks, Knowledge Mgmt.	Aberdeen	Benchmarking Study
BP5	Leveraging on-line consumer clubs to identify innovation white spaces. - how to initiate an extended dialog with customers to explore unmet needs and possible white space for innovation - how DBA used both a consumer board and an innovation board to build a stronger and added value project portfolio	Insights, Open Innovation, crowdsourcing, Innovation Board.	DBA Apparel	Case Study
BP6	Ten Tips for Successfully Implementing a Stage-Gate Product Innovation Process Discover how those tips can contribute to the speed of adoption and the ultimate stickness of the process within your organisation	Stage-Gate Process New Product Development	Stage-Gate Inc.	White Paper