1.1 This document provides the vocabulary, fundamental concepts and principles of innovation
management and its systematic implementation. It is applicable to:
a) organizations implementing an innovation management system or performing innovation
management assessments;
b) organizations that need to improve their ability to effectively manage innovation activities;
c) users, customers and other relevant interested parties (e.g. suppliers, partners, funding
organizations, investors, universities and public authorities) seeking confidence in the innovation
capabilities of an organization;
d) organizations and interested parties seeking to improve communication through a common
understanding of the vocabulary used in innovation management;
e) providers of training in, assessment of, or consultancy for, innovation management and innovation
management systems;
f) developers of innovation management and related standards.
1.2 This document is intended to be applicable to:
a) all types of organizations, regardless of type, sector, maturity-level or size;
b) all types of innovations, e.g. product, service, process, model and method, ranging from incremental to radical;
c) all types of approaches, e.g. internal and open innovation, user-, market-, technology- and design-
driven innovation activities.
This document specifies the terms and definitions applicable to all innovation management and
innovation management system standards developed by ISO/TC 279.st edition 2020-02 Innovation management — Fundamentals and vocabulary Management de l’innovation — Principes essentiels et vocabulaire Reference number ISO 56000:2020(E) ？ ISO 2020 ISO 56000:2020(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT ？ ISO 2020 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this