Assessing impact
Background
your business concentrate on activities that
have the most positive effects (image courtesy
of iStockphoto)
NPL's Knowledge Services division is experienced in applying a wide range of tools to evaluate and increase the impact of research and innovation. This brings an independently verifiable perspective to the impact of your research and IP, providing measurement and understanding of the impact of your research.
NPL's Knowledge Services experts can provide guidance and support with:
- Stakeholder analysis
- Roadmapping
- Scenario planning
- Technology reviews
- Strength/Weakness/Opportunities/Threats (SWOT) analysis
- Technology Readiness audits
- Case studies
- Impact assessments
- Value scorecard
- Benchmarking
- Intellectual Property (IP) audits
- Access to innovative companies
- Review of the R&D landscape
The Challenge
Government and private sector finances are under mounting pressure to deliver real societal and economic benefits to the UK. But how do you measure the actual impact of research and development spending?
The Solution
By measuring impact you can identify how to maximise it.
NPL has developed a way to assess how and where impact is delivered based on quantitative and qualitative indicators that capture the value to key stakeholders, providing reassurance to your investors that they are getting value for money from your research.
The Impact
Identifying where your efforts have the greatest positive impact, allows you to focus your resources better.
The values scorecard NPL has developed also allows you to measure how your work is improving, and can help communicate your progress to your investors and other interested parties.
It can also improve your future R&D, as it provides feedback on how to formulate work to concentrate on outcomes rather than outputs.
If you think your business could benefit from an NPL impact assessment, please contact Pete Moores
To find out more about impact assessment you can view the presentation Impact Assessment as an Integral Part of R&D Programmes given at the UK-Innovation Research Centre (at the University of Cambridge) by NPL's Tim Jones in 2010.
Find out more about NPL's Knowledge Services