ISO 56001:2024

International

vISO 56001:2024 (first edition 2024-09)

7 domains

53 controls

The requirements standard for an innovation management system: what an organisation must establish, run, check and improve to build innovation capability and realise value, from innovation intent, policy, strategy and culture through portfolio, resources, knowledge and intellectual property to the five innovation processes, internal audit and management review. First edition, 2024; the certifiable counterpart of the ISO 56002 guidance.

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ISO 56001:2024 is a compliance framework from International with 7 domains and 53 controls. The largest domains are Clause 7: Support – ISO 56001:2024 (14 controls), Clause 5: Leadership – ISO 56001:2024 (9 controls), Clause 6: Planning – ISO 56001:2024 (8 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (7)

Clause 10: Improvement – ISO 56001:2024

2 controls

Controls in the Clause 10: Improvement – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 2 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::10.1	Continual improvement of the innovation system	The organization must keep improving how suitable, adequate, effective and efficient its innovation management system is...
iso-56001-2024::10.2	Nonconformity and corrective action	When a nonconformity occurs the organization must react by controlling and correcting it and dealing with its consequenc...

Clause 4: Context of the organization – ISO 56001:2024

5 controls

Controls in the Clause 4: Context of the organization – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 5 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::4.1	Understanding the organization and its context	The organization must identify the outside and inside issues that matter to its purpose and that shape how far the inten...
iso-56001-2024::4.2	Needs and expectations of interested parties	The organization must identify which internal and external interested parties, current and potential, matter to its area...
iso-56001-2024::4.3.1	Determining innovation intent	The organization must set out its innovation intent, taking account of the areas of opportunity and of what interested p...
iso-56001-2024::4.3.2	Scope of the innovation management system	The organization must define the boundaries and applicability of its innovation management system to set the scope, weig...
iso-56001-2024::4.4	Innovation management system	The organization must set up, operate, keep and keep improving an innovation management system that includes the process...

Clause 5: Leadership – ISO 56001:2024

9 controls

Controls in the Clause 5: Leadership – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 9 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::5.1.1	Leadership and commitment: general	Top management must show leadership and commitment by taking accountability for how well and how efficiently the system...
iso-56001-2024::5.1.2	Focus on value realization	Top management must show leadership and commitment to value realization by keeping sustained value, both financial and n...
iso-56001-2024::5.1.3	Leadership and commitment: change management	Top management must show leadership and commitment to managing change by working out when change and adaptation are need...
iso-56001-2024::5.2.1	Establishing the innovation policy	Top management must create, apply and maintain an innovation policy that states a commitment to innovation activities, s...
iso-56001-2024::5.2.2	Communicating the innovation policy	The innovation policy must exist as documented information, must be shared within the organization and understood there,...
iso-56001-2024::5.3.1	Establishing the innovation strategy	Top management must create, apply and maintain at least one innovation strategy that states why innovation activities ar...
iso-56001-2024::5.3.2	Communicating the innovation strategy	The innovation strategy must exist as documented information, must be shared, understood and used within the organizatio...
iso-56001-2024::5.4	Promoting an innovation culture	Top management must work out and promote the culture that innovation needs, by reviewing how the culture currently stand...
iso-56001-2024::5.5	Roles, responsibilities and authorities	Top management must make sure responsibilities and authorities are assigned for the roles that matter, then communicated...

Clause 6: Planning – ISO 56001:2024

8 controls

Controls in the Clause 6: Planning – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 8 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::6.1.1	Risks and opportunities in innovation planning	When planning the innovation management system, the organization must take into account the context issues from clause 4...
iso-56001-2024::6.1.2	Planning actions for risks and opportunities	The organization must plan the actions that deal with the identified risks and opportunities, and must also decide how t...
iso-56001-2024::6.2.1	Innovation objectives	The organization must set innovation objectives for the functions and levels where they matter. Those objectives must fi...
iso-56001-2024::6.2.2	Planning to reach innovation objectives	In planning how the innovation objectives will be reached, the organization must settle what will be done, which resourc...
iso-56001-2024::6.3	Planned changes to the system	When the organization decides that the innovation management system needs to change, those changes must be introduced in...
iso-56001-2024::6.4	Innovation portfolio management	The organization must set up, put into practice and keep in place one or more portfolios covering innovation initiatives...
iso-56001-2024::6.5	Organizational structures for innovation	The organization must set up, put into practice and keep organizational structures that are adaptable, suit what its inn...
iso-56001-2024::6.6	Managing internal and external collaboration	The organization must establish an approach for managing collaboration inside and outside the organization. That approac...

Clause 7: Support – ISO 56001:2024

14 controls

Controls in the Clause 7: Support – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 14 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::7.1.1	Resources for the innovation management system	The organization must identify and supply the resources required to set up, run, maintain and keep improving the innovat...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.2	People for innovation activities	The organization must identify and supply the people required to run the innovation management system effectively, and m...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.3	Time allocated to innovation	The organization must set aside time for people to work on innovation activities and training, and must protect that tim...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.4	Financial resources for innovation	The organization must identify, supply and monitor the funding required to run the innovation management system effectiv...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.5	Infrastructure for innovation	The organization must identify, supply and maintain the infrastructure required to run the innovation management system...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.6	Approach to knowledge management	The organization must establish an approach for managing the knowledge required to run the innovation management system...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.7	Approach to intellectual property	The organization must establish an approach for managing the intellectual property required to run the innovation manage...
iso-56001-2024::7.1.8	Tools and methods for innovation	The organization must identify, supply and maintain the tools and methods required to run the innovation management syst...
iso-56001-2024::7.2	Competence of people doing innovation work	The organization must determine the competence needed for the innovation management system by the people whose work affe...
iso-56001-2024::7.3	Awareness of innovation within the organization	Everyone whose work is controlled by the organization must be aware of its innovation intent, of the policy, strategy an...
iso-56001-2024::7.4	Internal and external communication	The organization must decide the internal and external communications that matter for the innovation management system,...
iso-56001-2024::7.5.1	Documented information required by the system	The innovation management system must include the documented information this standard requires, plus any further docume...
iso-56001-2024::7.5.2	Creating and updating documented information	When documents are created or revised, the organization must make sure they are properly identified and described, for e...
iso-56001-2024::7.5.3	Control of documented information	Documented information that the innovation management system needs, and that this standard requires, must be controlled...

Clause 8: Operation – ISO 56001:2024

8 controls

Controls in the Clause 8: Operation – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 8 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::8.1	Operational planning and control of innovation work	The organization must plan, carry out and control the innovation initiatives, the processes and, where relevant, the por...
iso-56001-2024::8.2	Managing each innovation initiative	Each innovation initiative must be managed, with the organization considering and when appropriate reviewing its scope,...
iso-56001-2024::8.3.1	Establishing and maintaining innovation processes	The organization must create, put in place and keep up innovation processes that are flexible enough for each initiative...
iso-56001-2024::8.3.2	Identifying opportunities from insight	Opportunity identification must take account of the initiative's scope, objectives and expected results, gather, analyse...
iso-56001-2024::8.3.3	Creating concepts from opportunities	Concept creation must start from the identified opportunities, generate, capture, analyse, evaluate and select ideas usi...
iso-56001-2024::8.3.4	Validating concepts and reducing uncertainty	Concept validation must take the created concepts as input, identify, prioritise and test critical uncertainties and ass...
iso-56001-2024::8.3.5	Developing solutions from validated concepts	Solution development must start from validated concepts and turn them, including their value realization models, into wo...
iso-56001-2024::8.3.6	Deploying solutions and evaluating value	Solution deployment must start from developed solutions and cover production, service provision, distribution and, where...

Clause 9: Performance evaluation – ISO 56001:2024

7 controls

Controls in the Clause 9: Performance evaluation – ISO 56001:2024 domain of ISO 56001:2024: 7 controls
Code	Title	Description
iso-56001-2024::9.1.1	Deciding what to monitor and measure	The organization must decide what needs monitoring and measurement, which innovation performance indicators to use, the...
iso-56001-2024::9.1.2	Analysing and evaluating system performance	The organization must analyse and evaluate how the innovation management system performs and how effectively it operates...
iso-56001-2024::9.2.1	Conducting internal audits	Internal audits must be conducted at intervals that are planned, to establish whether the innovation management system m...
iso-56001-2024::9.2.2	Running the internal audit programme	An audit programme must be planned, established, implemented and maintained, covering how often audits happen, the metho...
iso-56001-2024::9.3.1	Top management review of the system	Top management must review the innovation management system of the organization at intervals that are planned, to confir...
iso-56001-2024::9.3.2	Inputs to the management review	The management review must take in the status of actions from earlier reviews, shifts in outside and inside issues and i...
iso-56001-2024::9.3.3	Results and decisions from management review	The results of the management review must include decisions on opportunities for continual improvement and on any change...

What is ISO 56001:2024 and who does it apply to?

ISO 56001:2024 is a compliance framework from International with 7 domains and 53 controls. The requirements standard for an innovation management system: what an organisation must establish, run, check and improve to build innovation capability and realise value, from innovation intent, policy, strategy and culture through portfolio, resources, knowledge and intellectual property to the five innovation processes, internal audit and management review. First edition, 2024; the certifiable counterpart of the ISO 56002 guidance. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does ISO 56001:2024 actually require?

ISO 56001:2024 has 53 controls organised across 7 domains. The largest domains are Clause 7: Support – ISO 56001:2024 (14 controls), Clause 5: Leadership – ISO 56001:2024 (9 controls), Clause 6: Planning – ISO 56001:2024 (8 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

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