Decoding ISO 56000 Family
Innovation Management System Guidance
INTRODUCTION
The Core Definition of Innovation
The Shift to Systems Thinking
The Myth:
Innovation relies on serendipity, ad hoc activities, and isolated flashes of genius.
The Reality:
Systematic innovation manages the trade-off between optimizing current performance and exploring new opportunities.
Why a System? It aligns activities with strategic direction, removes barriers, fosters a supportive culture, and turns unpredictable exploration into a repeatable capability.
The Principles of Innovation Management
The IMS Architecture
True innovation capability requires both the hardware (architecture) and software (principles) functioning as single unified system.
Clause 4
Understanding the Innovation Context
Before implementing an Innovation Management System, organizations must understand the environment in which innovation will operate.
ISO defines this through key steps.
Clause 5
Leadership and The Drive For Value
Clause 5 positions innovation as a leadership responsibility: top management must set direction, define strategy and policy, shape culture, and assign clear roles to ensure consistent value realization. ISO 56000 emphasizes delivering value to users, customers, and other stakeholders.
Clause 6
Planning the Innovation System
Planning begins with uncertainty. The organization identifies the opportunities and risks that could affect the innovation management system, then plans actions to enhance desired effects, reduce undesired ones, and improve the system over time.
Clause 7
The Innovation Support System
Clause 7 provides the enabling conditions for innovation. It covers the resources, skills, awareness, communication, information, tools, intelligence, and intellectual property practices that help the innovation management system function effectively.
Clause 8
ISO Innovation Process
Innovation is not a straight line. Concepts may return to earlier stages as learning emerges.
Clause 9
ISO Innovation Process
Innovation is not a straight line. Concepts may return to earlier stages as learning emerges.
Clause 10
Improvement
Clause 10 focuses on strengthening the innovation management system over time. It covers how the organization responds to deviations and nonconformities, takes corrective action, and continually improves the suitability, adequacy, effectiveness, and efficiency of the system.
Identify Improvement Opportunities
Identify improvement opportunities and implement the actions and changes needed to strengthen the system.
Nonconformity & Corrective Action
When something goes wrong, respond to it, investigate the cause, take corrective action, and prevent it from happening again.
Continual Improvement
Continually improve the innovation management system so it remains suitable, adequate, effective, and efficient.
Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle
The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle enables continual improvement of the innovation management system.
PLAN (Clause 6)
DO (Clause 7 & 8)
Provide support and run innovation activities, initiatives, and processes.
CHECK (Clause 9)
Monitor performance, audit the system, and review results.
The Final IMS Architecture
Let’s combine the IMS Architecture with PDCA cycle
From Guidance to Requirements
ISO 56002 explains how the system works. ISO 56001 defines what the system requires. Enter into the platform where you can explore the standards in more structured way. This is how real companies do it.