When a sagging economy required a leading networking equipment company to transition from an expectation of overall growth for its businesses to one of some growth and some stagnation, senior management focused on getting higher return for its R&D investments.

SDG, bringing world-class capabilities developed over 20 years of working with R&D-intensive organizations across industries, worked closely with a client team to identify the critical gaps between current practice and best-in-class approaches.  

Through rapid “investment-decision pilots” we introduced and refined an approach focused on developing alternatives that can be applied credibly and consistently across the company’s varied R&D activities. The client has now begun implementing the methodology across its multi-billion-dollar annual R&D spending program, and anticipates achieving substantially higher returns on the investment.