ISO 56002 innovation management assessment, from $800

What the ISO 56002 assessment covers

ISO 56002:2019 gives guidance for an innovation management system. It describes how an organization can create value from new ideas in a repeatable way, rather than relying on luck or a few talented people. It applies to companies of any size, public bodies and not-for-profit organizations, and to any kind of innovation: products, services, processes, business models or ways of working.

The guidance follows the familiar management system structure, adapted to innovation. It asks about the context and strategic intent for innovation, leadership and an innovation culture, planning and objectives, support such as resources, competence, tools and intellectual property, the innovation processes themselves, from identifying opportunities to deploying solutions, and how performance is evaluated and improved.

Our assessment compares your organization with this guidance and tells you where innovation is managed well, where it depends on chance and what would make the greatest difference.

• Review of innovation strategy, objectives and portfolio
• Assessment of the innovation process from opportunity to deployment
• Review of culture, leadership support, resources and intellectual property management
• Interviews with leadership and innovation teams
• Written assessment report with findings and recommendations

Innovation management is different from research and development. A company can spend heavily on research and still struggle to bring new value to customers, while a company with no laboratory can innovate constantly in its services and processes. The guidance looks at the whole system, not only at the budget.

ISO 56002 guidance and the newer ISO 56001

ISO 56002 is guidance, which is why we offer an assessment rather than a certificate against it. In 2024 ISO published ISO 56001, which sets requirements for an innovation management system and is designed to be certifiable.

If your aim is a certificate, the assessment against ISO 56002 is a practical first step: it shows how close your current practice is to a structured system, and the findings map closely onto the requirements of ISO 56001. If your aim is improvement rather than a certificate, the assessment on its own gives you a clear plan.

Tell us your goal when you ask for a quote, and we will scope the assessment so the report serves it.

The assessment also helps organizations that want to show funding bodies, investors or partners that they manage innovation in a structured way, without committing to a full certification project.

What decides the price

An ISO 56002 assessment with EUROTECH starts at $800. Time depends on the breadth of innovation activity to be assessed.

• Size of the organization and number of units that innovate
• Number of innovation projects or initiatives to sample
• Types of innovation: product, service, process, business model
• Partners such as universities, start-ups or customers involved in innovation
• Interviews online or in person

We confirm days and every fee in a written quote. A list of current and recent innovation projects, with their status and outcome, is the most useful document to share in advance.

Organizations with several business units that innovate independently usually need more time, because we sample how each unit works and how the units share ideas, resources and lessons learned.