Technology novelty, project complexity, and product development project execution success: a deeper look at task uncertainty in product innovation

This paper applies the construct of task uncertainty to study relationships between product development project characteristics and project outcomes. The authors characterize product development projects in terms of their technology novelty and project complexity levels. This characterization is bas...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on engineering management 2000-02, Vol.47 (1), p.74-87
Main Authors: Tatikonda, M.V., Rosenthal, S.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Complexity
Construction
Cross sections
Engineering management
Product development
Product innovation
Project management
Statistical analysis
Studies
Tasks
Uncertainty
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Summary:This paper applies the construct of task uncertainty to study relationships between product development project characteristics and project outcomes. The authors characterize product development projects in terms of their technology novelty and project complexity levels. This characterization is based on product development literature and organizational information processing theory. They hypothesize that technology novelty and project complexity characteristics contribute to project task uncertainty and are in turn associated with project execution outcomes. A cross-sectional survey of 120 new product development projects for assembled goods was employed to test relationships between project characteristics and project success. Success measures include achievement of individual project goals, such as technical performance, unit-cost, time-to-market and overall achievement of project goals.
ISSN:0018-9391
1558-0040
DOI:10.1109/17.820727