Complexity in New Product Development
Mastering the Dynamics of Engineering Projects
Authors: Mihm, Jürgen
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In organizational theory the coordination of many interdependent actors in complex product development projects is recognized as a key activity. With increasing project compexity this coordination becomes more and more difficult, and it is not yet known whether this effect can be controlled by frequent and intense communication among project members.
Jürgen Mihm analyzes which factors create complexity in engineering projects and how the negative effects of complexity can be mitigated. He builds a mathematical model of a complex distributed design project demonstrating how complexity inevitably arises from the interaction of simple components. He characterizes the dynamic behavior of the system analytically and with the aid of simulations, and he derives classes of managerial actions to improve performance dynamics. - About the authors
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Dr. Jürgen Mihm promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Arnd Huchzermeier am Lehrstuhl für Produktionsmanagement der Wissenschaftlichen Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) in Vallendar. Er ist als Unternehmensberater bei McKinsey & Co., Inc. tätig.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-7
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Literature Review
Pages 8-42
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Model Description
Pages 43-66
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Analytic Results
Pages 67-75
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Simulation Results
Pages 76-109
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Complexity in New Product Development
- Book Subtitle
- Mastering the Dynamics of Engineering Projects
- Authors
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- Jürgen Mihm
- Copyright
- 2003
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitätsverlag
- Copyright Holder
- Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-322-81432-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-322-81432-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-8244-7701-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 249
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
