innovation framework technologies helps companies dramatically improve their innovation performance by implementing management software that delivers best-practice business processes for the complete innovation and new product development value chain: front end of innovation - on-line private communities for co-creation and insight generation - insight and idea management - open innovation and technology scouting - innovation opportunity analysis new product development - strategic and technology roadmapping - portfolio management - resource capacity planning - stage-gate™ governance - project and resource management. with headquarters in new york and paris, and offices in seoul and tokyo, ift operates throughout america, europe, asia and the middle east.