At IPI, we can assist you if the following statements fit your case: The situation is NOT satisfactory and MUST be improved. The situation can be either present (existing) or future (not existing yet, but based on your vision for the future). The nature of the challenge is strategic, which means that its presence influences your company’s market position and well-being. The Nature of a Strategic Challenge The challenge nature can be both technical and business. Its specifics may vary and include any or all of the following list: Technological strategic challenges Technical breakthrough is needed. The future of products and/or services we presently offer needs to be identified . Circumvention (design-around) of a competitive “blocking” patents is desired. A “patent fence” needs to be built. Business strategic challenge Future market opportunities and threats need to be identified. Stock performance must be improved. Current strategy does not produce satisfactory results (new strategy for a business unit or for the entire enterprise is needed). Market share has been lost to the competition and must be regained. Growth is stagnant (or too slow) and must be improved, including: Need for new sources of revenue (new markets, new products / services, etc.) Need to fight product / service commoditization. Need to improve the corporate process as a whole or any of its parts and stages, including quality, reliability, productivity, etc. The future of a market niche needs to be determined. Client’s Expectations At the end of the project, the client should expect the following results: A system of mutually agreed-upon solutions that achieve the initially stated client's goal, as well as a plan of action aimed at implementing these solutions will have been developed. Project team members will be proficient in the General Theory of Innovation, its applications, techniques and tools and will have developed skills in applying their new knowledge to future challenges requiring GTI and Strategic On-Demand Innovation. The duration of a typical project does not exceed a two- to six-months period, but may vary depending on the scope of a specific project.