Setting up an R&D Organisation Joe Drumgoole www.joedrumgoole.com/blog

Why do Research & Development? Research What is the problem Who has the problem How big is the problem Development Answers the question how? R&D together answers the question What are we going to build?

Research

What is the problem

Who has the problem

How big is the problem

Development

Answers the question how?

R&D together answers the question

What are we going to build?

R&D Taxonomy Blue Sky Product Centric Applied Research Decision Support Demographics Paradigm Shifts Industry Developments New technologies Economics Market Analysis Competitive Analysis Cost/Benefit ROI Time To Market Cost Resources ROI The Best Problem to Solve The Best way to solve the problem Pure R&D

Technology Adoption Curve R&D Taxonomy Blue Sky Product Centric

Questions What kind of company am I? Who are my customers? Where are my customers? Who are my partners? Who are my competition? What are my companies unique skills?

What kind of company am I?

Who are my customers?

Where are my customers?

Who are my partners?

Who are my competition?

What are my companies unique skills?

The Easy Bit Pre Money Pre Customer Small team No support No sales Just coding – Heaven!

Pre Money

Pre Customer

Small team

No support

No sales

Just coding – Heaven!

The hard bit Customers New requirements Scope changes Support burden Multiple releases New business strategies

Customers

New requirements

Scope changes

Support burden

Multiple releases

New business strategies

Pragmatic Rules Keep it going Use the Universities Keep it applied (unless you are loaded) Don’t expect it to produce quarterly Do expect it to product yearly Avoid management links to sales or engineering Use R&D as your company radar

Keep it going

Use the Universities

Keep it applied (unless you are loaded)

Don’t expect it to produce quarterly

Do expect it to product yearly

Avoid management links to sales or engineering

Use R&D as your company radar

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