Reuse, a source of innovation

Do you want to be able to reuse existing solutions efficiently for your development and R&D projects? If so, you'll need to :

• focus energies on new solutions and innovation;

• not to make the same mistakes again;

• not to reinvent existing solutions;

• save time and investment;

• to rely on controlled solutions whose limitations are known and provide better risk control.

Reuse is not only a design and development practice, but also a mode of innovation and R&D management, and a key lever in "Lean" approaches. The aim is not to curb innovation, but to make it more effective.

This fact sheet proposes a method for assessing and developing your organization's reuse practices. It shows that reuse is also closely linked to the ability to capitalize on what has already been achieved.