Shows how using quantitative measurements techniques to gauge financial and non-financial company goals can help guide R&D management performance and improve company success. The text aims to enable readers to choose financial R&D projects, create a customer satisfaction and effectiveness index, measure every component of idea-to-customer time, and create a balanced scorecard that is focused on innovation rather than implementation. Each chapter concludes with a lessons learned section that highlights how to put the information provided to use in R&D management practice.

This non-technical, comprehensive introduction to innovation and technology transfer shows how todays businesses need to innovate to be successful. Using a wide range of practical and international examples, the authors describe and evaluate the whole innovation process as it would affect a company or organization implementing a new product or service, from the initial identification of needs and opportunities, through the location and assessment of the technologies available, to the business and management aspects such as finance, marketing and intellectual property.

This is the book for engineers looking for help in making a smooth transition to the management team. The author's 20-plus year perspective indicates that, while most engineers will spend the majority of their careers as managers, most are dissatisfied with the transition. Much of this frustration is the result of lack of preparation and training. This book provides a solid grounding in the critical attitudes and principles needed for success.

New managers are taught to internalize the attitudes and master the associated skills to excel in, and be satisfied with the transition to...

This unique resource provides professionals and students at all levels with complete, easy-to-understand coverage of the management of complex technical projects through systems engineering. Written for a wide spectrum of readers, from novices to experienced practitioners, the book holds the solution to delivering projects on time and within budget, avoiding the failures and inefficiencies of past efforts. It provides a framework that encapsulates all areas of systems engineering, clearly showing where the multitude of systems engineering activities fit within the overall effort. The book...

This work aims to ensure that small and medium sized business operators win those prized government and private sector contracts. The text, and accompanying CD-ROM, provide the management team with practical help in achieving disciplined business development and knowledge management processes.