Objectives
The Innovation Capability Competence Center is aiming to pursue the following objectives:
- Quality assurance of knowledge and technology transfer processes and structures of cooperation
- Quality assurance of processes for the development of regional innovation strategies based on smart specialization
- Support the improvement of internal and external collaboration for an increased innovation capacity
- Establishment of process orientation and Capablitity maturity approaches in innovation management
- Positioning own methods and tools, standardization (ISO / IEC 15504 innoSPICE) and establishment of these approaches.
- Following the ideas of the „Doing Development Differently Manifesto“ in Capability Development
- Apply and promote the principles of Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) as methodology for Capability Development
Domains and target groups
The above objectives are achieved in different areas:
- Research, e.g .:
- Develop and evaluation of approaches and tools for process-oriented quality assurance in Innovation Management
- Further development of ISO / IEC 15504 innoSPICE
- Structure and mode of action of Capability Maturity models and process reference models for inter- and intra-organizational knowledge and technology transfer
- Development of integrated assessment and consulting tools
- Teaching, e.g .:
- Process-based Knowledge and Technology Transfer Management
- Quality of innovation activities in public institutions
- Evaluation, e.g .:
- Performing innoSPICE assessments in research institutions
- Evaluation of the transfer capability of project consortia
- Consulting, e.g .:
- Support the establishment of new cooperation structures with the aim of efficient knowledge transfer
- Advice for the introduction of quality assurance for continuous process improvement in the innovation cycle
- Training And Coaching e.g .:
- Introduction to ISO / IEC 15504 innoSPICE;
- Training and accreditation of assessors and internal quality manager
- Coaching of technology and knowledge transfer transfer exceutives