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Exam Details

• Exam Name: Innovation Management Certified Expert (IMCE)
• Exam Format: Multiple choice, online with remote supervision (proctoring)
• Exam Delivery: Safe Exam Browser
• Number of Questions: 50 questions: 70% scenarios / 30% conceptual
• Exam Duration: 90 minutes
• Passing Score: 72% (36 out of 50 correct answers)
• Available Languages: Spanish / English
• Attempts: Maximum 2 attempts (minimum 15 days between attempts)
• Validity: 3 years · 15 CPD credits per year

Main Subjects

• Innovation fundamentals and reference frameworks (12%): Types of innovation; The eight principles of ISO 56000; The ISO 56000 family and the Oslo Manual; Three horizons; Innovation maturity.
• Innovation strategy and management system (18%): Context and interested parties; Policy and strategy; Governance and decision roles; Objectives, risks and resources; Leading and lagging indicators.
• Opportunity exploration and intelligence (14%): Monitoring and strategic intelligence; Weak signals and horizon scanning; Scenarios and the Delphi method; Desirability, feasibility and viability; Intellectual property.
• Idea generation and management (14%): Idea management (ISO 56007); Creativity techniques; Evaluation and selection; Open innovation and partnerships; Intrapreneurship and hackathons.
• Innovation portfolio management (16%): Portfolio by horizons; Stage-gate; Scoring, rNPV and real options; Continue, pivot or stop; Transition to the business.
• Hypothesis and business model validation (14%): Hypotheses and critical assumptions; Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas; Lean Startup and MVP; Design Sprint; Experiment design.
• Ecosystems, culture and institutionalization (12%): Innovation labs; Corporate venturing; Ecosystems and the triple helix; Psychological safety; System improvement and responsible innovation.

Who is this certification for?

• Innovation managers and transformation leads: Who manage innovation systematically in their organizations.
• Technology, product and strategy directors: Who need to link innovation with strategy and the portfolio.
• Strategy, R&D and improvement consultants: Who extend their practice to innovation management.
• Agile coaches, Scrum Masters and Design Thinking leaders: Who bring hypothesis validation and experimentation to the strategic level.
• Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs: Responsible for initiatives, who want a structured framework to scale them.

Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites: no prior experience, training or certification is required to take the exam. Recommended (not mandatory): experience in strategy, R&D, product or improvement, and basic knowledge of Lean Startup or Design Thinking.