Managing New Product Development Teams

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Introduction
Sources of Innovation
Types and Patterns of Innovation
Standards Battles and Design Dominance
Timing of Entry
Defining the Organizations Strategic Direction
Choosing Innovation Projects
Collaboration Strategies
Protecting Innovation
Organizing for Innovation
Managing the New Product Development Process
Managing New Product Development Teams
Crafting a Deployment Strategy

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Question 1

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As the size of the team increases,the potential for social loafing decreases.

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A lack of cross-functional communication can lead to a poor fit between product attributes and customer requirements.

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Cross-functional communication can lead to longer cycle times.

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Homogeneous teams should possess more information,on average,than heterogeneous groups.

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In a functional team approach to new product development,team members remain in their functional departments and meet periodically to work on the project.

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Functional teams typically have a project manager or dedicated liaison personnel.

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Managers of lightweight teams are normally junior or middle management employees.

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Lightweight teams are appropriate for derivative projects.

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In heavyweight teams,the long-term career development of individual members rests with their project managers rather than their functional managers.

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Heavyweight teams are typically permanent in nature.

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Project managers of heavyweight teams are typically junior managers.

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Heavyweight teams are suitable for platform projects.

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The evaluation of members of a heavyweight team is done by the project manager rather than the functional manager.

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The contract book must be developed before a project charter can be written.

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The contract book is an important mechanism for establishing team commitment to the project and a sense of ownership over the project.

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Proximity and frequent interaction help teams to develop shared norms and a dialect for communicating about a project.

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In the forming of virtual teams,it is important to select personnel who have strong interpersonal skills.

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Virtual teams face challenges in developing trust among its team members.

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Virtual teams are best suited for exchanging tacit knowledge.

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Question 20

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In the context of product development teams,which of the following is true?

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The larger the team, the easier it is to foster a shared sense of identity among team members.

As the size of the team increases, the potential for social loafing increases.

Forming cross-functional teams hinders cross-fertilization of ideas.

Increasing the diversity of team members eliminates the possibility of homophily.

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