10.02 / Project and results management
Research project portfolio and R&D budget management
Comparison of development projects by cost, timing, uncertainty and potential business value. The focus is resource allocation between projects rather than planning individual experiments.
✦ / What do you need to work on?
What do you need to work on?
12 selected practice areas. Original numbers guide you through the full catalogue.
What you will receive
Funding priorities and criteria for continuing, changing or stopping research.
What helps us assess your question
Project goals, participants, current plans, budgets, dependencies and decision-making responsibilities.
Start with a general outline. Confidential materials are shared only after agreement.
02 / How the work progresses
How the work progresses
Stages are agreed after reviewing your question. Some research runs in parallel; each decision depends on the quality of the available data.
Define the question
Project goals, participants, current plans, budgets, dependencies and decision-making responsibilities.
Research and compare
Comparison of development projects by cost, timing, uncertainty and potential business value. The focus is resource allocation between projects rather than planning individual experiments.
Test the decision
Check accountability, reporting quality, dependencies and conditions for revising the plan. Escalate material issues to the responsible specialists.
Deliver and plan next steps
Funding priorities and criteria for continuing, changing or stopping research.
Methods and public sources
Sources are chosen for the product, market and period. These are reference databases and methods; a link does not imply partnership or endorsement of a project.
OECD · Strategic Foresight ToolkitSBA · Calculate your startup costsResearch does not replace laboratory testing, safety assessment, legal advice or an authorised specialist’s decision. The contract defines the scope of review and each party’s responsibilities.
03 / Scope and working arrangements
Scope and working arrangements
Before paid work starts, we agree the input materials, deliverables, timing, fees and involvement of qualified specialists.