How to establish a managerial career ladder and a technical career ladder.
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Perspectives on the "Corporate "Fellow title and its variations.
December 07, 2020
This is the second portion of the survey that was initially sent two weeks ago. Most approaches to portfolio management require some way of inputting the effort hours spent on a project. Some...
How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
January 06, 2020
The following is a collection of all reports, presentations, and articles produced by IRI programs in 2019. Make sure you are logged in to view all of the content. If you do not know your IRIweb...
Do you have a Formal System to Manage Tech Project Portfolio? Abraham Tijerina, Metalsa SA de CV We are considering developing/implementing a system to manage our technology project portfolio. We...
Recommendations for project planning software.
What titles do you use for senior technical positions? What job titles does your organization use for the senior most technical/R&D ladder positions? - Cecil Chappelow, Vice President, Innovation...
Are you concerned that your patent portfolio reveals your research strategy? Michelin is evaluating its patent filing criteria, especially the balance between the protection of innovation with...
What Metrics Do You Use for Open Innovation? How does your organization specify Open Innovation metrics and measure key performance indicators? Do you relate the OI Metric as percentage of net sales...
August 16, 2017
How do you align your technical ladder? Our organization is in the process of implementing a technical ladder and would appreciate your support in helping us benchmark. We are most concerned that our...
Recommendations for screening innovation ideas.
How do you determine how long to hold on to IP? I am interested in learning how organizations determine when to keep intellectual property and when to give it up. What are the filters or questions...
The research & development activities of our company support a very mature chemical process industry. One support group focuses on developing conceptual process designs to help researchers...
How is your technical support structured? We are interested in how other organisations structure their R&D technical support function. Do you have a dedicated support team for each of your...
Do you have a career ladder for administrative assistants? We are one of the largest consumer products companies with dual ladders for our technical professionals. Our administrative assistants are...