Does your organisation/business engage in strategic partnerships? If so, what are the fundamental factors that make this partnership-based approach useful?

Exploiting Innovation

It is essential to understand not only how an organisation selects and implements technology-based innovation but how it exploits, including innovation platforms that incorporate multiple product options, portfolios and standards. You may also consider how organisation scale innovation practice to adapt as the organisation grows. Critically analyse the strategic importance of the technology identified in part 2 and part 1 (or again use new examples/cases/business processes) and how it is designed and managed to enable your organisation to compete effectively. Consider how your organisation integrates different management functions in the context of technological change to transform the ‘business’ model for the future.

Critically analyse how your organisation exploits the technology or digital investments for benefits management and realisation. Include the consequences of technological innovation and the impact on society, the environment, and political agendas (e.g. industrial strategy, sustainability, etc.).

▪ What are the drivers of commercialisation/efficiency saving?

▪ Does your organisation/business have strong IP?

▪ How much do they rely on other assets such as market channels, brand etc.?

▪ How are processes and or people leveraged @ scale in your organisation.

▪ Does your organisation/business engage in strategic partnerships? If so, what are the fundamental factors that make this partnership-based approach useful?

▪ Which markets and customers/users will be/are the initial focus; which portfolio of projects will/are provide early success and a platform for the future?

▪ Does your organisation/business have a platform strategy and/or a technology roadmap?

▪ What are the challenges of managing platforms and portfolios for the firm?