Question 1: Define what is a partly parallel development process? Is it universally used? Why?
Question 2: Define what are the risks of championing?
Question 3: Delta Cleaning Equipment Corporation is experimenting with a faster and quieter machine to polish floors. To develop this concept, the company is contemplating using the lead user method of concept development. Define, in detail, how does this method work? What are its advantages?
Question 4: What are the ways in which measures of the success of the new product development process can help management? What are some of the factors that firms should consider when formulating measures and interpreting results?
Question 5: Explain the function of the go/kill gate in the stage-gate process for project development.