Title :
"Integrative mechanisms in new product development projects effect of project complexity on project performance"
Author_Institution :
Manage. Sch., Imperial Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
This paper investigates the effect of integration in new product development projects for projects with different levels of project complexity. The System Dynamics model results show that project complexity has negative effects on cycle time. Integration improves time performance although it cannot offset completely the negative effects in situations of high project complexity.
Keywords :
commerce; product development; project management; research and development management; cycle time; new product development projects; project complexity; project performance; system dynamics model; time performance; Business process re-engineering; Concurrent engineering; Educational institutions; Humans; Modems; Performance gain; Product development; Profitability; Project management; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 2002. IEMC '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7385-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.2002.1038529
