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Abstract

New product development (NPD) projects are difficult to manage because of the subjectivity of the customer requirements, the inter-dependencies between different parts of the solution, and the subjective nature of personal and collective innovation. This chapter describes the NPD life cycle and how it may be managed. A systems perspective is applied. This describes the processes of identifying the desired product functionality, assessing feasibility (and terminating the project if necessary), and how to manage the NPD team.

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Pons, D. (2015). Project Management for the Development of New Products. In: Schwindt, C., Zimmermann, J. (eds) Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2. International Handbooks on Information Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05915-0_15

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