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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599731
