DocumentCode
2583509
Title
Autonomous teams and new product development
Author
Patanakul, Peerasit ; Chen, Jiyao ; Lynn, Gary S.
Author_Institution
Howe Sch. of Technol. Manage., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ
fYear
2008
fDate
27-31 July 2008
Firstpage
1214
Lastpage
1223
Abstract
How should a company organize a project team to develop new products? This study examined the relative effectiveness of four types of team structures by comparing the performance of 559 development projects in terms of development cost, new product development speed, and product commercial success. The results indicate that in general, autonomous team structure is superior to other team structures, especially in dealing with high technology projects or developing radical innovation products.
Keywords
product development; project management; team working; autonomous team structure; development cost; new product development; product commercial success; radical innovation products; Africa; Cities and towns; Costs; Packaging; Product development; Project management; Research and development management; Technological innovation; Technology management; Terminology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Management of Engineering & Technology, 2008. PICMET 2008. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location
Cape Town
Print_ISBN
978-1-890843-17-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-890843-18-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599731
Filename
4599731
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