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• Title:The innovator's toolkit : 50+ techniques for predictable and sustainable organic growth / David Silverstein, Philip Samuel, Neil DeCarlo.
  
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• Author/Creator:Silverstein, David, 1965-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Samuel, Philip.
  DeCarlo, Neil.
  
• Published/Created:Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2012.
  

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  • Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HD45 .S455 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Technological innovations--Management.
  Creative ability in business.
  Business planning.
  Project management.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxxiv, 394 p. ; 28 cm
  
• Notes:Previous ed.: 2009.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781118298107 (hbk.)
  1118298101 (hbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Define the Opportunity
  Technique 1 Jobs to be Done
  Highlight the human need you're trying to fulfill
  Technique 2 Job Mapping
  Determine how customers are getting jobs done
  Technique 3 Outcome Expectations
  Give customers more of what they desire
  Technique 4 Value Quotient
  Identify opportunity gaps in the marketplace
  Technique 5 Ethnography
  Observe your customers to uncover unarticulated needs
  Technique 6 Scenario Planning
  Paint visions of possible change
  Technique 7 Heuristic Redefinition
  Draw a picture of your system and its parts to focus ideation
  Technique 8 Nine Windows
  Looking at your opportunity through nine different lenses
  Technique 9 Job Scoping
  Broaden or narrow your innovation focus
  Technique 10 Stakeholder Management
  Get key influencers involved and on your side
  Technique 11 Cognitive Style
  Leverage the diversity of your exploiters and explorers
  Technique 12 Project Charter
  Keep your innovation team focused and on track
  Technique 13 Innovation Financial Management
  Constantly improve your assumption-to-knowledge ratio
  pt. II Discover the Ideas
  Technique 14 Resource Optimization
  Make sure you use all available resources
  Technique 15 Functional Analysis
  Scrutinize your system for innovation
  Technique 16 Trend Prediction
  Learn from evolution's genetic code
  Technique 17 Creative Challenge
  Sacrifice the sacred cows
  Technique 18 HIT Matrix
  Compare existing solutions to spark new breakthroughs
  Technique 19 SCAMPER
  Ask eight important questions
  Technique 20 Brainwriting 6-3-5
  Encourage equal opportunity ideation
  Technique 21 Imaginary Brainstorming
  Get silly for the sake of creativity
  Technique 22 Concept Tree
  Leverage current ideas to generate many ideas
  Technique 23 Random Stimulus
  Use an unrelated picture or word to spawn new ideas
  Technique 24 Provocation and Movement
  Bust through the roadblocks in your thinking
  Technique 25 Forced Association
  Hone in on solutions from other industries
  Technique 26 Structured Abstraction
  Guide your innovation using 40 proven principles
  Technique 27 Separation Principles
  Split your innovation problem in four ways
  Technique 28 Substance Field Analysis
  Learn how substances interact with fields to form solutions
  Technique 29 Biomimicry
  Seek nature's eons of experience to find answers
  Technique 30 KJ Method
  Group and organize ideas by their natural affinities
  Technique 31 Idea Sorting and Refinement
  Organize and shape ideas to improve their yield
  Technique 32 Six Thinking Modes
  Evaluate your solution ideas in six different ways
  pt. III Develop the Designs
  Technique 33 Functional Requirements
  Identify what customers want in your solution
  Technique 34 Axiomatic Design
  Transform what customers want into the best products and services
  Technique 35 Function Structure
  Identify how the solution functions in its whole and its parts
  Technique 36 Morphological Matrix
  Generate solution concepts by combining design alternatives
  Technique 37 TILMAG
  Pair ideal solution elements to create new design concepts
  Technique 38 Work Cell Design
  Configure the workspace for flow and optimization
  Technique 39 Paired Comparison Analysis
  Rank design concepts against each other in pairs
  Technique 40 Pugh Matrix
  Evaluate all your design concepts to create the invincible solution
  Technique 41 Process Capability
  Predict the performance of your new solution
  Technique 42 Robust Design
  Make your design insensitive to uncontrollable influences
  Technique 43 Design Scorecards
  Develop a dashboard to track your design and its underlying processes
  Technique 44 Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
  Anticipate what can go wrong with your solution before it does
  Technique 45 Mistake Proofing
  Install measures to prevent human and system error
  Technique 46 Discrete Event Simulation
  Visualize and test your innovation through computer modeling
  Technique 47 Rapid Prototyping
  Make a fast 3D model of your solution to explore its viability
  pt. IV Demonstrate the Innovation
  Technique 48 Prototyping
  Make a fully functioning model of your new product to test and perfect it
  Technique 49 Piloting
  Implement your solution on a limited basis to work out any problems
  Technique 50 SIPOC Map
  Identify the key inputs and outputs of your process
  Technique 51 Process Map/Value Stream Map
  Flesh out the details of your process
  Technique 52 Measurement Systems Analysis
  Make sure you know your measurements are valid
  Technique 53 Design of Experiments
  Analyze input and output variables to identify the critical few
  Technique 54 Conjoint Analysis
  Compare solution attributes to cull out customer preferences
  Technique 55 Process Behavior Charts
  Monitor process performance to keep the new solution in control
  Technique 56 Cause & Effect Diagram
  Investigate the root causes of performance problems
  Technique 57 Cause & Effect Matrix
  Identify the key input-output relationships in need of attention
  Technique 58 Control Plan
  Ensure that your new solution becomes commercialized as planned.