Running an innovative project
What sets an innovative project apart, the technology readiness scale, milestones from proof of concept to pilot, the pivot, the diffusion of innovations and its chasm, open innovation and French support schemes.
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Innovative project: what is it?
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A project for which neither the customers' need nor the technical solution that will answer it is known in advance.
This double uncertainty rules out planning like an ordinary project: progress comes through successive trials, each removing one specific uncertainty.
A team shows that a parcel-sorting algorithm reaches 95% correct results on 500 test photos, with a script on a laptop. Which milestone has just been reached?
- A proof of concept
- A prototype
- A pilot
- A market launch
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A proof of concept
A script on a laptop, tested on sample photos, shows feasibility: that is a proof of concept. A prototype comes closer to the final form, a pilot runs with real users.
After the proof of concept comes the …, then the … with real users, before going to market.
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After the proof of concept comes the prototype, then the pilot with real users, before going to market.
Each milestone reduces one risk: the proof of concept the feasibility, the prototype the shape of the product, the pilot real use at small scale.
Technology readiness level: what is it?
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A scale from 1 to 9 that measures how far a technology has progressed, from the principle observed (1) to the system proven in real operation (9).
It says how ready the technology is, not whether a customer is ready to pay: a high level does not guarantee a market.