Innovation Management

11M0554

Master

German

5.0

only summer term

1 semester

For companies, due to rapidly changing market conditions, a high development dynamics of their product portfolio is required. The aim of innovation management is to increase the innovation capability of a company and encompasses the entire process from the product idea to market launch. As a key part of the innovation process, the R&D (Research and Development) process with the focus on product planning and product development plays a crucial role in achieving market success.
 

1 Basics

1.1 Types of Innovations

1.2 Framework Conditions and Influencing Factors

1.3 Innovation Process

1.4 Innovation Assessment

2 Strategic Product Planning

2.1 Environmental Factors

2.2 Integrated Corporate Planning

2.3 Analysis Methods as a Basis for New Product Policy

2.4 Finding Ideas for New Products and Product Portfolios

2.5 Decision-making for future market and product policy

3 Organization and Processes of Integrated Product Development

3.1 Innovation Process in Product Development

3.2 Process Management

3.3 Simultaneous, Concurrent Engineering

3.4 Distributed Development Processes

3.5 Setup and Project Organization

4 Innovation Methods

4.1 The Human as a Problem Solver

4.2 Environment, Framework Conditions

4.3 Innovation Barriers

4.4 Problem-solving and Idea-finding methods such as contradiction methods (TRIZ, WOIZ), Synergetics, Biomimicry, etc.

4.5 Methods for Decision-making
5 Customer and User-oriented Product Development

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Portfolio exam

• Schäfer, Jens

• Schäfer, Jens