Innovation project management : methods, case studies, and tools for managing innovation projects / Harold Kerzner.

"Harold Kerzner has bridged innovation, project management, and strategic planning in Innovation Project Management to offer students and practicing professionals the tools, processes, and metrics needed to successfully manage innovation projects. By analyzing innovation from all sides, this compendium of innovation project management breaks down traditional project management methods and explains why and how innovation projects should be managed differently. This title includes exclusive insights from world-class organizations such as Airbus, Boeing, Deloitte, Hitachi, IBM, Siemens, and more. This is a must-have title for practicing project managers, as well as students in project management, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs. Each case study contains questions for discussion, and Instructors have access to extensive PowerPoint lecture slides by chapter and an Instructors Manual via the book's companion website"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Innovation Project Management; Introduction; Definitions for Innovation; The Business Need; Innovation Literature; Project Management Literature; Innovation Benchmarking; Value: The Missing Link; Innovation Targeting; Timeline for Innovation Targeting; Innovation in Small Companies; Seven Critical Dimensions for Scaling Project Management Innovation; Implications and Issues for Project Managers and Innovation Personnel; References; Chapter 2: Types of Innovation; Introduction; Incremental versus Radical Innovation

Understanding Innovation DifferencesProduct Development Innovation Categories; Closed and Open Innovation; Crowdsourcing; Co-Creation Innovation; Open Innovation in Action: Airbus and Co-creation Partnerships; Value (or Value-Driven) Innovation; Agile Innovation; Agile Innovation in Action: Deloitte; Introduction; Body; Plan; Monitor and Control; Agile Coach Duties (Scrum Methodology); Agile Innovation in Action: Star Alliance; Background; The Star Alliance PMO; The Agile Pilot: Redefined Strategy and Agile Opportunity; Transitioning to DevOps; Government Innovation

Humanitarian/Social InnovationSocial Innovation in Action: Hitachi; Background; Lumada; Case Study: Training at Daikin's Shiga Plant; Nontechnical Innovation in Action; Other Categories of Innovation; Role of the Board of Directors; Finding an Innovation Project Sponsor; Implications and Issues for Project Managers and Innovation Personnel; References; Chapter 3: Innovation and Strategic Planning; Introduction; Role of the Innovation Project Manager in Strategic Planning; Role of the Portfolio PMO; Types of Strategies; Role of Innovation in Strategic Planning

Role of Marketing in Strategic Innovation PlanningProduct Portfolio Analysis; Identifying Core Competencies Using SWOT Analysis; Innovation Project Management Competency Models in Action: Eli Lilly; Scientific/Technical Expertise; Process Skills; Leadership; Marketing's Involvement with Innovation Project Managers; First to Market; Follow the Leader; Application Engineering; "Me Too"; Product Life Cycles; Classification of R&D Projects; Research versus Development; The Research and Development Ratio; Manufacturing and Sales; Human Behavior; Offensive versus Defensive Innovation

Modeling the R&D Planning FunctionPriority Setting; Working with Marketing; Contract R Nondisclosure Agreements, Secrecy Agreements, and Confidentiality Agreements; Government Influence; Sources for Innovation Technology; Sources of Ideas; Project Selection Issues; Economic Evaluation of Projects; Project Readjustments; Project Termination; Implications And Issues For Project Managers And Innovation Personnel; References; Chapter 4: Innovation Tools and Processes; Introduction; New Product Development; The Fuzzy Front End; Line of Sight; Risk Management; The Innovation Culture