ISO 56000:2025

Innovation management — Fundamentals and vocabulary Published (Edition 2, 2025)

Abstract

This document defines terms for and establishes the fundamental concepts and principles of innovation management.

This document is applicable to:

1. a)all types of organizations, regardless of type, sector, maturity-level or size;
2. b)all types of innovations (e.g. product, service, process, model, method);
3. c)all forms of innovation (e.g. incremental to radical, disruptive);
4. d)all types of approaches (e.g. internal and open innovation, user-, market-, design- and technology-driven innovation activities).