Innovation Process

Start with the process

Begin with Managing Innovation for a map of searching, selecting and implementing. It describes searching through environmental scanning, both within a firm and in the broader market. The selection stage asks what the innovation will respond to.

Then look at the mind map on innovation process steps. It moves from ideas and insight through development, design and market evaluation, and on to product engineering, testing and launch. Compare the stages in this map with those in Managing Innovation. The maps offer different ways to organize the process, so use their labels to build your own outline.

Explore selection and methods

The mind map on product and service innovation covers formal process models, project selection gates, innovation portfolio management, and idea assessment. Use it after the broader process maps to focus on how projects and ideas are considered.

Choose the Right Innovation Method at the Right Time lists approaches including lean startup, design thinking and discovery-driven methods. Outcome Driven Innovation looks at aligning cross-functional strategies. These maps provide different starting points for studying how innovation is managed.

Use the resources together

The page has no quizzes, but it does include mind maps and a flashcard deck. Study a map, then use the flashcards as another way to go over the material. You can also cover a map's labels and practice recalling them before checking the map again.

Innovation Process is a section of Innovation and Creativity in Business administration and management (incl. project management). The maps let you explore process stages, selection and management within that unit. Pick a map to explore, then make your own outline of the stages it presents.