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
• 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.

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, e.g .:
  • Introduction to ISO / IEC 15504 innoSPICE;
  • Training and accreditation of assessors and internal quality manager
  • Training of technology and knowledge transfer transfer exceutives