The Oregon Innovation Center Experiment: 1973-1978. Volume II: Innovation Evaluation System

摘要

This document presents guidelines for establishing a Preliminary Innovation Evaluation System (PIES). The purpose of PIES is to measure risks involved in new product development and provide an indication of the potential of ideas and inventions. It also offers inventors and innovators a comprehensive, low-cost innovation evaluation service. The format selected for evaluation consists of 33 criteria which affect commercial potential. A computer-printed evaluation report is accompanied by a copy of an evaluation guide which discusses each criterion in order to increase the amount of client feedback--thereby providing users with a better understanding of the industrial innovation process and more information upon which to base an informed decision. The report includes conceptual bases for PIES, its evolution, and staffing, operating, and establishing procedures.