Innovation Health Assessment – Global NP Solutions

The Innovation Health Assessment (TM) is a tool used to assess mastery seven areas of new product development processes.

You agree to share your data with Global NP Solutions, LLC by freely participating in this assessment. Your name and email will only be used by Global NP Solutions to return your assessment results, expected within 48 hours.

The Innovation Health Assessment must be completed during one continuous session. A neutral score is assigned to any question that is skipped. We ask that you complete the final question (not required) to supplement and improve the benchmarking data in your personalized report.

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Section 1

TEAMS: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, innovation projects are managed by dedicated project teams.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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STRUCTURED PROCESS: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, we use a structured process to manage the product portfolio.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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RESPONSIBILITY: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, senior management formulates a clear innovation strategy.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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REVIEW: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, senior management reviews all projects at least quarterly.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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FLEXIBILITY: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, the innovation process is adapted to project size / complexity.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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CHARTER: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, team collaboration is established via a team charter.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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DESIGN THINKING: Please enter your agreement with the following phrase.
At my company, customer needs are identified with design thinking tools.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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Section 2

OPEN INNOVATION: Please rank the following statement.
New product projects use ideation techniques involving customers and cross-functional teams.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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ALIGNMENT: Please rank the following statement.
Each new product project can be traced to at least one strategic objective.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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DECLINE: Please rank the following statement.
Each project includes a formal plan to retire obsolete and aging products.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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DOCUMENTED: Please rank the following statement.
New product projects use a documented, cross-functional innovation system.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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LESSONS LEARNED: Please rank the following statement.
New product projects each use lessons learned from formal post-launch reviews transferring learnings.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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COMPETITION: Please rank the following statement.
Each new product project uses competitive analysis from at least annual surveys.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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RESOURCES: Please rank the following statement.
Each new product project uses resources that are allocated based on strategy.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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Section 3

TRAINING: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure project managers are trained in leadership.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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OUTCOMES: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure project success metrics are measured against strategic goals.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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METRICS: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure innovation metrics are forward focused.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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SCORING: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure scoring methods supplement financial metrics for portfolio decisions.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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PRICING: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure product pricing strategies are aligned with the life cycle stage.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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MARKETING: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure marketing links to the product development life cycle.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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CUSTOMER: Please rate your agreement with this practice.
Innovation projects at my firm ensure involvement of customers at all stages of the new product process.

1 indicates never, 3 indicates sometimes, 5 indicates always

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Supplemental Data

My industry is ____________________.

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My job title is ____________________.

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I have worked in innovation and/or new product development for ____ years.

The innovation budget for my project/team/department/company is $_________.

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