Innovation Certification Training

To improve innovation knowledge and skills for NAWCAD workforce stakeholders, this SOW will select participants from Orlando, PAX and Lakehurst to undertake boot-camp certification training IAW International Standards Organization, Technical Action Group ISO-279 Innovation Management Systems and International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) ISO US TAG for ISO 56001.  The certification training will comprise of two categories:

1) Certified Professional Innovator (CPI), and

2) Certified Management of Innovation (CMI)

An integrated training service shall comprise of the following elements:

1. One boot-camp class will hosted comprising of 16 participants. The class will support a combination in-person @iHUB (GFE facility) at PAX, and on-line participants using NAWCAD WebEx (GFE) capability.
2. Each participant will receive combined training in both CPI and CMI material.  The duration will be NTE 7 days. Week 1 Monday to Friday and the following week Monday and Tuesday.
3. After the training is complete, each participant will select one of the certification category, (1) or (2). The on-line certification exam shall be within the 7 days.  For those participants who do not meet the pass criteria, a second exam will be offered immediately.   
4. Given this is a certification course the membership to the certification body shall be included in the pricing based on non-expiring membership.
5.  Training Material:

CMI training content will cover a broad set of elements from the ISO standards, as listed below:

• ISO 56000 – Terminology Definitions

• ISO 56001 – Innovation Management Systems (emerging standard)

• ISO 56002 – Innovation Management Systems Guidance

• ISO 56003 – Innovation Partnerships

• ISO 56004 – Innovation Management Assessment

• ISO 56007 – Idea Management (emerging standard)

               CPI training content will cover elements, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Design Thinking (deployed)
• Methodologies and Tools (deployed)
• Innovation Architecture
• Idea Generation
• Value Creation
•  Innovation Concepts
• Business Essentials / Entrepreneurship
• Innovation Development
• Deployment
• Measurement
• Opportunity Identification

Training class to be held May - June 2021