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New product development often requires activities that are the
responsibility of different departments within the organization. To facilitate
coordination and cooperation across division boundaries, many
organizations create cross-functional new product development teams to
lead and manage the development process for the project. There is
considerable variation, however, in how teams are formed and managed. In
this chapter, we will look at several factors that affect the new product
development team’s performance, including its size, composition, structure,
administration, and leadership.
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
Time
Size
In constructing new product development teams, the organization
must consider how the team’s size and composition will affect its mix of
skills, its access to resources, and its effectiveness in providing
communication and coordination across the divisions.
New product development teams may range from a few
members to hundreds of members. For example, the development
team that created the IBM personal computer had 19 members,
but the average team size for development projects at IBM is close
to 200.1 The Yahoo! Internet portal was developed by 13 software
developers, split into several small teams of one to three members.2
By combining the efforts and expertise of multiple individuals,
groups can often outperform individuals on many problem-
solving tasks, implying that the size of the development team might
be related to its potential for success.
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
A lack of communication among the marketing, R&D, and
manufacturing functions of a company can be extremely detrimental to new
product development. A lack of cross-functional communication can lead to
a poor fit between product attributes and customer requirements. R&D
cannot design products that fit customer requirements unless it receives and
attends to input from marketing regarding those requirements. The
manufacturing/R&D interface is also of critical importance because of
manufacturing’s role in determining two key attributes of a product—
quality and price. By working closely with R&D, manufacturing can ensure
that R&D designs products that are relatively easy to manufacture.
Designing for ease of manufacturing can lower both unit costs and product
defects, which translates into a lower final price and higher quality.
Similarly, a lack of cross-functional communication between functions can
lead to longer cycle times as a product iterates back and forth between
different stages in the process.
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
Time
Size
Teams can be structured in a number of ways. One well-known typology
classifies teams into four types: functional, lightweight, heavyweight, and
autonomous. depicts each of these types graphically.
In functional teams, members remain in their functional departments
(e.g., R&D, marketing, manufacturing, etc.), and report to their regular functional
manager; however, they may meet periodically to discuss the project. Such teams
are usually temporary, and individuals may spend less than 10 percent of their
time working on team-related activities. Functional teams also typically do not have
a project manager or dedicated liaison personnel. While this team structure is
straightforward to implement because it requires little (if any) deviation from the
firm’s normal operations, this structure provides little opportunity for cross-
functional coordination.22 Further, since individuals are still evaluated and
rewarded almost exclusively based on their functional performance, the team
members may have little commitment to the development project. Functional teams
are more likely to be appropriate for derivative projects that primarily affect only a
single function of the firm.
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
In lightweight teams, members still reside in their functional
departments, and functional supervisors retain authority over evaluation and
rewards. Like functional teams, lightweight teams are typically temporary,
and members spend the majority of their time on their normal functional
responsibilities (up to 25 percent of their time might be spent on team-related
activities). However, lightweight teams have a project manager and dedicated
liaison personnel who facilitate communication and coordination among
functions. Managers of lightweight teams are normally junior or middle
management employees, who are not able to exert significant influence or
authority over team members. As a result of these factors, lightweight teams
offer a small improvement in team coordination and likelihood of success
over functional teams. Such a team structure might be appropriate for
derivative projects where high levels of coordination and communication are
not required.
Lightw
eight
Teams
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
In heavyweight teams, members are removed from their functional
departments so that they may be collocated with the project manager. Project
managers of heavyweight teams are typically senior managers who outrank
functional managers, and have significant authority to command resources,
and evaluate and reward team members.23 The core group of team members
in the heavyweight team is often dedicated full-time to the project. This
combination of factors helps ensure that the team has strong cross-functional
coordination and communication, and that team members are significantly
committed to the development project. However, heavyweight teams are still
often temporary; thus, the long-term career development of individual
members continues to rest with their functional managers rather than the
project manager. This type of team structure offers a significant improvement
in communication and coordination over functional teams, and it is typically
considered appropriate for platform projects.
Heavyw
eight
Teams
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
In autonomous teams, members are removed from their functional departments and
dedicated full-time (and often permanently) to the development team . Team members are
collocated with the project manager, who is a very senior person in the organization. The project
manager of an autonomous team is given full control over resources contributed from different
functional departments, and the project manager has exclusive authority over the evaluation and
reward of team members. Autonomous teams often do not conform to the operating procedures of
the rest of the organization; instead they are permitted to create their own policies, procedures, and
reward systems. Autonomous teams are also held fully accountable for the success of the project; in
many ways, autonomous teams act like independent divisions of the firm. Autonomous teams
typically excel at rapid and efficient new product development, particularly when such
development requires breaking away from the organization’s existing technologies and routines.
Thus, autonomous teams are typically considered to be appropriate for breakthrough projects and
some major platform projects. They can be the birthplace of new business units. However, the
independence of the autonomous teams can cause them to underutilize the resources of the parent
organization. Furthermore, autonomous teams are often hard to fold back into the organization if
the project is completed or terminated. Many autonomous teams thus go on to become separate
divisions of the firm, or may even be spun off of the firm as a subsidiary.
Autono
mous
Teams
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
For a new product development team to be effective, its leadership and administrative
policies should be matched to the team’s structure and needs.
The team leader is responsible for directing the team’s activities,
maintaining the team’s alignment with project goals, and serving as a
communicator between the team and senior management. In heavyweight
and autonomous teams, the team leader may also be the person who is
primarily responsible for the evaluation, compensation, and promotion of
individual team members. Effective team leaders are often much more directly
related to the team’s success than senior management or project champions.
This may be because team leaders interact much more frequently with the
team and more directly influence the team’s behavior.
Team Leadership
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
To ensure that members have a clear focus and commitment to the
development project, many organizations now have heavyweight and
autonomous teams develop a project charter and contract book. The project
charter encapsulates the project’s missionband articulates exact and
measurable goals for the project. It might include a vision statement for the
project (e.g., “Dell laptops will be the market standard for performance and
value”) and a background statement for why this project is important for the
organization. The charter may describe who is on the team, the length of time
members will spend on the team, and the percentage of their time that will be
spent on team activities.
Team
Administration
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
Recent advances in information technology have enabled
companies to make greater use of virtual teams. Virtual teams are
teams in which members may be a great distance from each other,
but are still able to collaborate intensively via advanced information
technologies such as videoconferencing, groupware, and e-mail or
Internet chat programs. Virtual teaming can enable individuals with
unique skills to work on a project, regardless of their location. By
meeting virtually, individuals who live at great distances can
collaborate without incurring travel costs or disruption to their lives.
Managing Virtual
Teams
CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
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managing new product development teams

  • 2. New product development often requires activities that are the responsibility of different departments within the organization. To facilitate coordination and cooperation across division boundaries, many organizations create cross-functional new product development teams to lead and manage the development process for the project. There is considerable variation, however, in how teams are formed and managed. In this chapter, we will look at several factors that affect the new product development team’s performance, including its size, composition, structure, administration, and leadership. CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 3. Time Size In constructing new product development teams, the organization must consider how the team’s size and composition will affect its mix of skills, its access to resources, and its effectiveness in providing communication and coordination across the divisions. New product development teams may range from a few members to hundreds of members. For example, the development team that created the IBM personal computer had 19 members, but the average team size for development projects at IBM is close to 200.1 The Yahoo! Internet portal was developed by 13 software developers, split into several small teams of one to three members.2 By combining the efforts and expertise of multiple individuals, groups can often outperform individuals on many problem- solving tasks, implying that the size of the development team might be related to its potential for success. CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 4. A lack of communication among the marketing, R&D, and manufacturing functions of a company can be extremely detrimental to new product development. A lack of cross-functional communication can lead to a poor fit between product attributes and customer requirements. R&D cannot design products that fit customer requirements unless it receives and attends to input from marketing regarding those requirements. The manufacturing/R&D interface is also of critical importance because of manufacturing’s role in determining two key attributes of a product— quality and price. By working closely with R&D, manufacturing can ensure that R&D designs products that are relatively easy to manufacture. Designing for ease of manufacturing can lower both unit costs and product defects, which translates into a lower final price and higher quality. Similarly, a lack of cross-functional communication between functions can lead to longer cycle times as a product iterates back and forth between different stages in the process. CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 5. Time Size Teams can be structured in a number of ways. One well-known typology classifies teams into four types: functional, lightweight, heavyweight, and autonomous. depicts each of these types graphically. In functional teams, members remain in their functional departments (e.g., R&D, marketing, manufacturing, etc.), and report to their regular functional manager; however, they may meet periodically to discuss the project. Such teams are usually temporary, and individuals may spend less than 10 percent of their time working on team-related activities. Functional teams also typically do not have a project manager or dedicated liaison personnel. While this team structure is straightforward to implement because it requires little (if any) deviation from the firm’s normal operations, this structure provides little opportunity for cross- functional coordination.22 Further, since individuals are still evaluated and rewarded almost exclusively based on their functional performance, the team members may have little commitment to the development project. Functional teams are more likely to be appropriate for derivative projects that primarily affect only a single function of the firm. CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 6. In lightweight teams, members still reside in their functional departments, and functional supervisors retain authority over evaluation and rewards. Like functional teams, lightweight teams are typically temporary, and members spend the majority of their time on their normal functional responsibilities (up to 25 percent of their time might be spent on team-related activities). However, lightweight teams have a project manager and dedicated liaison personnel who facilitate communication and coordination among functions. Managers of lightweight teams are normally junior or middle management employees, who are not able to exert significant influence or authority over team members. As a result of these factors, lightweight teams offer a small improvement in team coordination and likelihood of success over functional teams. Such a team structure might be appropriate for derivative projects where high levels of coordination and communication are not required. Lightw eight Teams CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 7. In heavyweight teams, members are removed from their functional departments so that they may be collocated with the project manager. Project managers of heavyweight teams are typically senior managers who outrank functional managers, and have significant authority to command resources, and evaluate and reward team members.23 The core group of team members in the heavyweight team is often dedicated full-time to the project. This combination of factors helps ensure that the team has strong cross-functional coordination and communication, and that team members are significantly committed to the development project. However, heavyweight teams are still often temporary; thus, the long-term career development of individual members continues to rest with their functional managers rather than the project manager. This type of team structure offers a significant improvement in communication and coordination over functional teams, and it is typically considered appropriate for platform projects. Heavyw eight Teams CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 8. In autonomous teams, members are removed from their functional departments and dedicated full-time (and often permanently) to the development team . Team members are collocated with the project manager, who is a very senior person in the organization. The project manager of an autonomous team is given full control over resources contributed from different functional departments, and the project manager has exclusive authority over the evaluation and reward of team members. Autonomous teams often do not conform to the operating procedures of the rest of the organization; instead they are permitted to create their own policies, procedures, and reward systems. Autonomous teams are also held fully accountable for the success of the project; in many ways, autonomous teams act like independent divisions of the firm. Autonomous teams typically excel at rapid and efficient new product development, particularly when such development requires breaking away from the organization’s existing technologies and routines. Thus, autonomous teams are typically considered to be appropriate for breakthrough projects and some major platform projects. They can be the birthplace of new business units. However, the independence of the autonomous teams can cause them to underutilize the resources of the parent organization. Furthermore, autonomous teams are often hard to fold back into the organization if the project is completed or terminated. Many autonomous teams thus go on to become separate divisions of the firm, or may even be spun off of the firm as a subsidiary. Autono mous Teams CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 9. For a new product development team to be effective, its leadership and administrative policies should be matched to the team’s structure and needs. The team leader is responsible for directing the team’s activities, maintaining the team’s alignment with project goals, and serving as a communicator between the team and senior management. In heavyweight and autonomous teams, the team leader may also be the person who is primarily responsible for the evaluation, compensation, and promotion of individual team members. Effective team leaders are often much more directly related to the team’s success than senior management or project champions. This may be because team leaders interact much more frequently with the team and more directly influence the team’s behavior. Team Leadership CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 10. To ensure that members have a clear focus and commitment to the development project, many organizations now have heavyweight and autonomous teams develop a project charter and contract book. The project charter encapsulates the project’s missionband articulates exact and measurable goals for the project. It might include a vision statement for the project (e.g., “Dell laptops will be the market standard for performance and value”) and a background statement for why this project is important for the organization. The charter may describe who is on the team, the length of time members will spend on the team, and the percentage of their time that will be spent on team activities. Team Administration CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan
  • 11. Recent advances in information technology have enabled companies to make greater use of virtual teams. Virtual teams are teams in which members may be a great distance from each other, but are still able to collaborate intensively via advanced information technologies such as videoconferencing, groupware, and e-mail or Internet chat programs. Virtual teaming can enable individuals with unique skills to work on a project, regardless of their location. By meeting virtually, individuals who live at great distances can collaborate without incurring travel costs or disruption to their lives. Managing Virtual Teams CreatePPTBy:M.Razwan