Innovation Project Management and Competitive Intelligence

Master 2020/2021

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Compulsory course (Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation)

Area of studies: Management

Delivered by: Department of Educational Programmes

Where: Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge

When: 1 year, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Instructors: Alexey Bereznoy, Jonathan Larry Calof, Anna Yuryevna Yakovleva

Master’s programme: Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 64

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course is targeting master students of The National Research University Higher School of Economics. It includes two modules: the first on Innovation Project Management and the second on Competitive Intelligence. The course length is 228 academic hours in total of which 64 hours are classroom hours for interactive lectures and 164 hours are devoted to self-study. The course introduces the concepts, theories and practices in project management and market insight in general with a specific focus on their role in enhancing innovation.The educational module “Practices of human resources development in the largest innovative companies” of the course was prepared in the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-978).

Learning Objectives

Training in using IPM techniques in corporate and startup environment
Understanding the role of IPM in innovation management system as a whole
Identifying the specifics of IPM compared to the management of conventional projects
Training in using various market insight techniques for both corporate and government settings
Development of an appreciation for the importance of competitive intelligence and related disciplines for strategic decision-making
Training in early warning and profiling methodologies.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Systematization of innovation project management issues and current trends
Comparing of two concepts
Understanding capabilities of different standards application to innovation project management
Creation of project plan according to project management knowledge areas
Application of agile methodology to innovation project planning
Comparing of concepts of project portfolio and innovation portfolio
Presentation of the project as interconnected network of participants and network description
Understanding of the role of market insight (intelligence, foresight and analytics) for innovation
Skills in assessing different info types and designing information collection plans
Understanding the structure of CI/MI projects, the process of their planning and the areas where they are applied
Understanding the techniques for profiling customers and competitors
Understanding the analytical toolkit in CI and techniques for assessing markets and competitive advantage
Skills in information collection from primary and secondary sources

Course Contents

Introduction to Innovation project management
Introduction to CI / MI
Defining CI/ MI, Its similarity to other concepts, role of CI and MI for innovation, how CI is developed
Management of innovation vs. Innovation project management
Information collection
Collecting from primary sources, collecting from secondary sources, assessing info reliability and validity, collecting info in a virtual environment
Designing CI/MI projects
Key intelligence topics, how plans are developed, areas where they are applied, info collection planning
Project management standards in innovation project management
Project activity organization and knowledge management
Analysis for intelligence and insight - Profiling
Techniques for for profiling customers and competitors, predicting technology directions, linking info collection to analysis
Agile methodology and innovation project management
Analysis for intelligence and insight – market assessment and other techniques
Introduction to the analytical toolkit in the field, techniques for assessing markets, choosing appropriate analytical techniques
Portfolio project management and stage-gate method
Designing CI and MI organizations
Organizational requirements for CI, stages of development in CI, global study of competitive intelligence, CI within an anticipatory system
Networks and ecosystems role in innovation project management

Assessment Elements

Exam
Project plan presentation
Interactive lectures assignments
Exam
Project plan presentation
Interactive lectures assignments

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (2 module)
0.4 * Exam + 0.3 * Interactive lectures assignments + 0.3 * Project plan presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Ahn, M. J., Zwikael, O., & Bednarek, R. (2015). Technological Invention to Product Innovation: A Project Management Approach. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3C06BA0A
Archibald, R. D., & Archibald, S. C. (2016). Leading and Managing Innovation : What Every Executive Team Must Know About Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, Second Edition (Vol. Second edition). Boca Raton: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1093889
Christian Horn, & Alexander Brem. (2013). Strategic directions on innovation management – a conceptual framework. Management Research Review, (10), 939. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-06-2012-0142?utm_campaign=RePEc&WT.mc_id=RePEc
Fernez-Walch, S. (2017). The Multiple Facets of Innovation Project Management. London: Wiley-ISTE. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1642573
Kerzner, H. (2019). Innovation Project Management : Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2183351
Oh, D.-S., Phillips, F., Park, S., & Lee, E. (2016). Innovation ecosystems: A critical examination. Technovation, (C), 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.techno.v54y2016icp1.6
Project Management Institute. (2019). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide-Sixth Edition / Agile Practice Guide Bundle (HINDI). [N.p.]: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240462

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Decision making in innovation portfolio management. (2016). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.8023B47D
Harris, P. E. (2019). Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2013, 2016 or 2019 & PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition. Australia: Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2105096
Karolin Gebhardt, Andreas Riel, & Tom Maes. (2019). A New Approach to Analysing and Visualizing the Management of Corporate Innovation Projects. Post-Print. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.hal.journl.hal.02147806
Ralf Dillerup, Daniela Kappler, & Fiona Oster. (2018). Improving the Management of Innovation Risks - R&D Risk Assessment for Large Technology Projects. Journal of Management and Strategy, (1), 31. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.jfr.jms111.v9y2018i1p31.52

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