Forecasting impact of technology developed in RandD projects: The FITMAN approach

Kim Jansson; Iris Karvonen; Outi Kettunen; Martin Ollus; Clare J. Hooper; Vegard Engen; Brian Pickering; Mike Surridge; Mike Redwood

doi:10.1109/ICE.2015.7438649

Forecasting impact of technology developed in RandD projects: The FITMAN approach

Kim Jansson, Iris Karvonen, Outi Kettunen, Martin Ollus, Clare J. Hooper, Vegard Engen, Brian Pickering, Mike Surridge, Mike Redwood

University of Southampton

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A typical two-or three-year research project has an impact that is only really visible after the project has come to an end, at a time when there are no resources to monitor that impact. As a consequence, projects need to estimate/predict their future impact before they end. In this paper we describe the impact activity monitoring method in the FITMAN project. This method addresses the problem by accounting for actions to raise impact during a project and the planning for such actions after a project has ended. We also describe the socio-economic impact assessment methodology created in FITMAN, showing how this links to the impact activity monitoring method. Key to both is the assessment and monitoring of impact in three different areas: industry, society and the scientific community. Each area represents different challenges and we discuss their relative value to the overall assessment. We also report on our early experiences of applying this to ten industry-led use case trials in the FITMAN project. The insights gained by applying these methodologies can be more widely applied across domains related to technology management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference (ICE/ITMC)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-7156-8, 978-1-4673-7155-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2015.7438649
Publication status	Published - 21 Mar 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2015 - Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 22 Jun 2015 → 24 Jun 2015

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	22/06/15 → 24/06/15

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forecasting
impact
impact monitoring
socio-economic impact assessment

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Jansson, K., Karvonen, I., Kettunen, O., Ollus, M., Hooper, C. J., Engen, V., Pickering, B., Surridge, M., & Redwood, M. (2016). Forecasting impact of technology developed in RandD projects: The FITMAN approach. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference (ICE/ITMC) Article 7438649 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2015.7438649

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Forecasting impact of technology developed in RandD projects: The FITMAN approach. / Jansson, Kim; Karvonen, Iris; Kettunen, Outi et al.
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Jansson K, Karvonen I, Kettunen O, Ollus M, Hooper CJ, Engen V et al. Forecasting impact of technology developed in RandD projects: The FITMAN approach. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference (ICE/ITMC). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2016. 7438649 doi: 10.1109/ICE.2015.7438649

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