UNE-EN ISO 56000:2025

1.1 This document provides the vocabulary, fundamental concepts and principles of innovationmanagement. It is applicable to:a) organizations using an innovation management system or performing innovation managementassessments;b) organizations that need to improve their ability to effectively manage innovation activities;c) users, customers and other relevant interested parties (e.g. suppliers, partners, funding organizations,investors, universities, public authorities) seeking confidence in the innovation capabilities of anorganization;d) organizations and interested parties seeking to improve communication through a commonunderstanding of the vocabulary used in innovation management;e) organizations performing conformity assessments against the requirements of ISO 56001;f) providers of education and training in, assessment of, or consultancy for, innovation management andinnovation management systems;g) developers of innovation management and related standards.1.2 This document is intended to be applicable to:a) all types of organizations, regardless of type, sector, maturity-level or size;b) all types of innovations, e.g. product, service, process, model and method, ranging from incremental toradical;c) all types of approaches, e.g. internal and open innovation, user-, market-, technology- and design-driveninnovation activities.This document specifies the terms and definitions applicable to all innovation management and innovationmanagement system standards developed by ISO/TC 279.