Artificial Intelligence for Innovation Readiness Assessment

Abstract

There are two main necessities for an innovation to become successful. Firstly, there must be a target market willing to buy the innovation and secondly, the technology must be ready to deliver. The READINESSnavigator is a state of the art software tool that packages an innovation readiness assessment methodology that is proven to increase success chances for innovations. Usage of the READINESSnavigator has shown, that it works best if there is somebody to explain the method. This paper outlines our approach to automate this individual using artificial intelligence. To do so, it outlines the history of innovation readiness assessment methods, artificial intelligence and explains the high-level architecture of an automated innovation coach.