EN ISO 56000:2025

Innovation management - Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 56000:2025)

This document defines terms for and establishes the fundamental concepts and principles of innovation management.
This document is 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, method);
c)        all forms of innovation (e.g. incremental to radical, disruptive);
d)       all types of approaches (e.g. internal and open innovation, user-, market-, design- and technology-driven innovation activities).

Innovationsmanagement- Grundlagen und Begriffe (ISO 56000:2025)

1.1 Dieses Dokument enthält das Vokabular, grundlegende Konzepte und Grundsätze des Innovations-managements und seiner systematischen Verwirklichung. Es gilt für:
a) Organisationen, die ein Innovationsmanagementsystem verwirklichen oder Innovationsmanagement-beurteilungen durchführen;
b) Organisationen, die ihre Fähigkeit zur wirksamen Steuerung von Innovationsaktivitäten verbessern müssen;
c) Nutzer, Kunden und andere relevante interessierte Parteien (z. B. Lieferanten, Partner, Förderorgani-sationen, Investoren, Universitäten und öffentliche Behörden), die das Vertrauen in die Innovations-fähigkeiten einer Organisation suchen;
d) Organisationen und interessierte Parteien, die danach streben, die Kommunikation durch allgemeines Verständnis der im Innovationsmanagement verwendeten Begriffe zu verbessern;
e) Anbieter von Schulung, Beurteilung oder Beratung zu Innovationsmanagement und Innovationsmanage¬mentsystemen;
f) Entwickler von Innovationsmanagement und in Bezug stehenden Normen.
1.2 Dieses Dokument soll anwendbar sein auf:
a) alle Arten von Organisationen, ungeachtet der Art, der Branche, des Reifegrads oder der Größe;
b) alle Arten von Innovationen, z. B. ein Produkt, eine Dienstleistung, ein Prozess, Modell und Verfahren, von inkrementeller bis zu radikaler Innovation reichend;
c) alle Arten von Ansätzen, z. B. interne und offene Innovation, nutzer-, markt-, technologie- oder designgesteuerte Innovationsaktivitäten.
Dieses Dokument legt Begriffe fest, die für sämtliche Innovationsmanagement- und Innovationsmanage-mentsystemnormen gelten, die durch das ISO/TC 279 erarbeitet wurden.

Management de l’innovation - Principes essentiels et vocabulaire (ISO 56000:2025)

Le présent document définit les termes et établit les concepts fondamentaux et les principes du management de l’innovation.
Le présent document s’applique à:
a)       tous les types d’organismes, quels que soient leur type, leur secteur, leur niveau de maturité ou leur taille;
b)       tous les types d’innovations (par exemple produit, service, processus, modèle et méthode);
c)        toutes les formes d’innovation (par exemple d’incrémentale à radicale, de rupture);
d)       tous les types d’approches (par exemple innovation interne et ouverte, activités d’innovation induites par les utilisateurs, le marché, la conception et la technologie).

Upravljanje inovacij - Osnove in slovar (ISO 56000:2025)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Jan-2025
• ICS: 01.040.03 - Services. Company organization, management and quality. Administration. Transport. Sociology. (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 03.100.01 - Company organization and management in general
• ICS: 03.100.40 - Research and development
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 389 - Innovation Management
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 389 - Innovation Management
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 29-Jan-2025
• Due Date: 29-Jan-2025
• Completion Date: 29-Jan-2025
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 56000:2025 - Innovation management - Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 56000:2025)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 56000:2021 - Innovation management - Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 56000:2020)
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2025
Upravljanje inovacij - Osnove in slovar (ISO 56000:2025)
Innovation management - Fundamentals and vocabulary (ISO 56000:2025)
Innovationsmanagement - Grundlagen und Begriffe (ISO 56000:2025)
Management de l’innovation - Principes essentiels et vocabulaire (ISO 56000:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 56000:2025
ICS:
01.040.03 Storitve. Organizacija Services. Company
podjetja, vodenje in kakovost. organization, management
Uprava. Transport. and quality. Administration.
Sociologija. (Slovarji) Transport. Sociology.
(Vocabularies)
03.100.40 Raziskave in razvoj Research and development
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 56000
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
January 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 01.040.03; 03.100.01; 03.100.40 Supersedes EN ISO 56000:2021
English Version
Innovation management - Fundamentals and vocabulary
(ISO 56000:2025)
Management de l'innovation - Principes essentiels et Innovationsmanagement- Grundlagen und Begriffe
vocabulaire (ISO 56000:2025) (ISO 56000:2025)
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European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 56000:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 279
"Innovation management" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 389 “Innovation
Management” the secretariat of which is held by UNE.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by July 2025.
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This document supersedes EN ISO 56000:2021.
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Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
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The text of ISO 56000:2025 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 56000:2025 without any modification.

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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Terms related to innovation .1
3.2 Terms related to organization .4
3.3 Terms related to objective.7
3.4 Terms related to knowledge .8
3.5 Terms related to intellectual property .9
3.6 Terms related to innovation initiative.10
3.7 Terms related to performance . 12
3.8 Terms related to assessment . 13
4 Fundamental concepts and innovation management principles . 14
4.1 General .14
4.1.1 Rationale for engaging in innovation activities .14
4.1.2 Innovation activities within and across organizations . 15
4.1.3 Impact of innovations . 15
4.2 Fundamental concepts .16
4.2.1 Innovation .16
4.2.2 Attributes of innovation .16
4.2.3 Concepts related to innovation .17
4.2.4 Activities and processes to achieve innovation .18
4.2.5 Innovation management .19
4.2.6 Innovation management system .19
4.2.7 Relationship with other management systems . 20
4.3 Innovation management principles .21
4.3.1 General .21
4.3.2 Realization of value .21
4.3.3 Future-focused leaders . 22
4.3.4 Strategic direction . 22
4.3.5 Culture . 23
4.3.6 Exploiting insights .24
4.3.7 Managing uncertainty . 25
4.3.8 Adaptability . 26
4.3.9 Systems approach .27
Annex A (informative) Relationship to the vocabulary of other organizations .28
Bibliography .30
Index .31

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