Title :
Instrumenting product development activities in the virtual enterprise
Author :
Morrow, Jeffrey A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The paper reports on contributions to the methodology of product development (PD) research, specifically that for investigating certain aspects of PD in the virtual enterprise. Means of characterizing consensus states of a PD group using personal computer-based versions of cognitive anthropology methods are described. Described are “drag and drop” interactive pile sorts and triads tests
Keywords :
anthropology; microcomputer applications; product development; sorting; consensus states; drag and drop interactive pile sorts; personal computer-based cognitive anthropology methods; product development activities; triads tests; virtual enterprise; Clocks; Electronic mail; Humans; Industrial engineering; Instruments; Internet; Product development; Quality function deployment; Testing; Virtual enterprises;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering and Technology Management, 1996. IEMC 96. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3552-X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1996.547851
