STP_DIK8A

Overview

Your active participation in the discussions is essential to your overall success this term. Discussion questions will help you make meaningful connections between the course content and the larger concepts of the course. These discussions give you a chance to express your own thoughts, ask questions, and gain insight from your peers and instructor.

Diversity is an important consideration when determining the composition of a new product development team. That diversity can be measured from different perspectives. The greater the diversity of the team, the greater the advantages and disadvantages associated with the diversity. Identify some of the challenges you foresee in ensuring adequate diversity on a development team. In responding to your peers, discuss the most significant benefits you expect to result from ensuring adequate diversity.

References:

Managing New Product Development Teams in a Globally Dispersed NPD Program: EBSCOhost

The impact of structural and contextual factors on trust formation in product development teams - ScienceDirect