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Certificate of Achievement

Gwyn Jones

has completed the following course:

Managing Innovation: Learning to Prototype for Business

St George's, University of London and Bayer

This online course explored the innovation process and what it means to be innovative. The course covered topics such as developing innovative ideas and applying them to real-world situations, the importance of iteration in the innovation process, the different stages of prototyping, validating your business model, how to pitch your ideas and using the naviProM model for managing innovation projects.

3 weeks, 2 hours per week

Dr Tom Maes

Head of Product Supply Innovation Management

St George's, University of London

Oliver Winkelmann

Innovation Manager

Bayer

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Describe the innovation process and what it means to be innovative
  • Apply an ideation technique to generate innovative ideas
  • Produce a problem statement to an issue which has been previously identified
  • Reflect upon the importance of iteration in the innovation process
  • Identify the different stages of prototyping
  • Produce a prototype
  • Reflect upon the importance of giving and receiving constructive feedback to improve on an idea
  • Identify what makes a good pitch
  • Evaluate your business model using the Business Model Canvas (BMC)
  • Explore the NaviProM model and its uses for managing innovation projects

Syllabus

  • Exploring the innovation process and what it means to be innovative
  • Developing innovative ideas and applying them to real-world situations
  • The importance of iteration in the innovation process
  • The different stages of prototyping
  • Validating your business model and pitching your ideas
  • naviProM: The four innovation project management approaches

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Issued on 27th December 2020

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Free online course:

Managing Innovation: Learning to Prototype for Business

St George's, University of London