Knowledge management in new product teams: practices and outcomes

Author

Lynn, Gary S. ; Reilly, Richard R. ; Akgün, Ali E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA

Volume

47

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

231

Abstract

This paper explores the critical practices impacting a new product team´s ability to learn and succeed. By investigating the practices of 281 new product teams from around the world, several factors emerged that impact a team´s ability to acquire and use knowledge to reduce cycle time and improve their probability of success. The significant factors include: (1) documentation of project information, (2) storage and retrieval systems for project information, (3) information reviewing practices, (4) vision clarity, (5) vision stability, and (6) management support of the project

Keywords

information retrieval systems; product development; project management; cycle time reduction; individual learning; information reviewing practices; innovation; knowledge management; management support; new product teams; organisational learning; project information documentation; project information retrieval systems; project information storage systems; structural equation models; success probability improvement; vision clarity; vision stability; Documentation; Equations; Information retrieval; Knowledge management; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical technology; Product development; Project management; Stability; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.846789

Filename

846789