Title :
Self-administered audit and continuous assessment of the new product introduction process
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
A self-administered audit has been developed to assess new product introduction in a company by the outcome of the process and, using a staff survey, by the likely behavior of future project teams. The audit provides both initial and continuing assessment. The paper concludes with brief results from case studies in medium-sized high-tech companies
Keywords :
auditing; human resource management; personnel; product development; project engineering; project management; research and development management; case studies; continuous assessment; medium-sized high-tech companies; new product introduction process; project teams; self-administered audit; staff survey; Collaborative work; Companies; Councils; Engineering management; Maintenance engineering; Manufacturing processes; Milling machines; Process design; Product development; Project management;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653298