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1
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Choose a heavyweight team when:

a. Depth of knowledge is critical
b. Doing something radically different technically or commercially
c. The project is more complex, uncertain, and ambiguous
d. Time and responsiveness is critical

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c. The project is more complex, uncertain, and ambiguous

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Who should lead a new product development project?

a. The product champion
b. It depends on the organization and its culture, maturity, and resources
c. The project manager
d. The sponsor

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b. It depends on the organization and its culture, maturity, and resources

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What time and responsiveness is crucial, the organizational structure is functional and the project scope is incremental, choose this team:

a. Lightweight team
b. Heavyweight team
c. Autonomous team
d. Functional team

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a. Lightweight team

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Traditional functional organizations found in more mature firms help the best companies with NPD because: 1) it ensures that specialized expertise is brought to bear on the key technical issues; 2) each function is an expert in their knowledge area; 3) managers who control the resources also control performance on the project task.

a. Both 1 and 2
b. 1 only
c. 3 only
d. All of the answers

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a. Both 1 and 2

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A typical project for a leighweight team could be:

a. New to the company projects
b. Disruptive projects
c. Slight product changes
d. Additions to product lines

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d. Additions to product lines

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Team conflict is good when it:

a. Is well managed
b. Brings out ideas
c. Is not about the people
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

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To become a successful team, a group of people should have:

a. A common purpose
b. A set of performance goals and approach
c. Hold themselves mutually accountable
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

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A symptom of groupthink includes:

a. Less critical analysis
b. More critical analysis
c. Quality decision making
d. Unhappy team memembers

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a. Less critical analysis

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Who makes sure that a new product idea receives consideration?

a. Sponsor
b. Product manager
c. Process manager
d. Product champion

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d. Product champion

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A work group or functional team might be appropriate for:

a. A new to the company project
b. A new product line
c. A new platform
d. A slight product change

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d. A slight product change

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The project manager’s role is as facilitator and coordinator but with little authority in a:

a. Lightweight team
b. Autonomous team
c. Functional team
d. Heavyweight team

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a. Lightweight team

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The type of team in which the team leader has no formal authority over the team members is:

a. Lightweight team
b. Autonomous team
c. Functional team
d. Heavyweight team

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a. Lightweight team

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The type of team typically used for disruptive and/or game changing types of projects is:

a. Lightweight team
b. Autonomous team
c. Functional team
d. Heavyweight team

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b. Autonomous team

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Senior management’s ability to influence outcomes is:

a. Low in the concept evaluation stage
b. Highest in the early stages
c. Highest in the launch stage
d. Highest at the commercialization phase

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b. Highest in the early stages

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A cross-functional team:

a. Is a team that works on improving the operations of each functional silo
b. Is a team representing the company at the highest management levels
c. Consists of representatives from the various functions involved in NPD, usually the key functions required to deliver a successful product and the representatives are empowered by their unit
d. Is used for all product development initiatives to achieve superior performance

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c. Consists of representatives from the various functions involved in NPD, usually the key functions required to deliver a successful product and the representatives are empowered by their unit

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A venture team can also be called a:

a. Heavyweight team
b. Tiger team
c. Work group
d. Lightweight team

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b. Tiger team

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A lightweight team is a new product team charged with:

a. Projects such as product improvements and/or enhancements
b. Breakthrough type projects
c. Projects that have minor changes like a new color or new package
d. Taking a product concept and determining features

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a. Projects such as product improvements and/or enhancements

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A heavyweight team is:

a. A team where all projects that are led by senior managers and almost always acheive their new product business objectives
b. Used on projects that are slightly more complex with a moderate degree of product improvement
c. Where a senior manager is team leader and has direct responsibility for the outcome of the project
d. An empowered project team with enough resources to complete a complex NPD project

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d. An empowered project team with enough resources to complete a complex NPD project

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Regarding senior management’s involvement in NPD, which of the following statements is most appropriate?

a. Sr. management should be heavily involved in a new product’s development from start to finish b/c they should not expect the project leaders to be effective
b. Sr. management should not have any involvement in a new product’s development b/c this is not a good use of their time
c. Sr. management should hold off on getting involved until late in a new product’s development so that they don’t waste their time
d. Sr. management should get involved early in a new product’s development when they can most effectively impact outcome

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d. Sr. management should get involved early in a new product’s development when they can most effectively impact outcome

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A project team which is co-located and the project leader is the sole evaluator of the contributions made by each team memeber is:

a. Functional team
b. Lightweight team
c. Autonomous team
d. Heavyweight team

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c. Autonomous team

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Sr. management is:

a. The key management team responsible for the deliverables and tasks associated with the NPD process
b. Responsible for determining product attributes, features, and specifications to ensure the success of the organization’s NPD efforts
c. Responsible for managing the different product development teams
d. The level of executive or operational management above the product development team that has approval authority or control resources important to the development effort

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d. The level of executive or operational management above the product development team that has approval authority or control resources important to the development effort

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New product development is:

a. Singularly focused
b. About the effective management of resources
c. Offten occurs outside of the NPD process
d. Always political

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d. Always political

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23
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Team leader shills include:

a. Communication skills
b. Listening skills
c. Political skills
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

24
Q

Who should lead a NPD effort?

a. The project manager
b. Different for each organization
c. The product champion
d. The project sponsor

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b. Different for each organization

25
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A heavyweight team:

a. Is used for more complex projects like new platforms
b. Has team memebers who report to the team leader
c. Is a team that is led by a team leader and reports to the CEO/President or leader of the SBU
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

26
Q

The team leader’s authority is extensive in a:

a: Functional team
b. Lighweight team
c. Heavyweight team
d. All of the above

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c. Heavyweight team

27
Q

Which of the following is true?

a. NPD is ad hoc and chaotic in nature
b. NPD outcomes are not certain
c. NPD is based in harmony
d. NPD process is never political

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b. NPD outcomes are not certain

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The process manager:

a. Helps current and new team members understand the company’s NPD process
b. Is the project team leader
c. Provides money for the project
d. Is the voice of the project for sr. management meetings, portfolio meetings and project status meetings

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a. Helps current and new team members understand the company’s NPD process

29
Q

Which team structure can cause company organizational problems and possible resentment by company employees:

a. Tiger team
b. Venture team
c. Autonomous team
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

30
Q

The type of team in which each member has one clear superior, usually in his department is:

a. Tiger team
b. Heavyweight team
c. Lightweight team
d. Functional team

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b. Heavyweight team

31
Q

When choosing NPD team members, one should:

a. Find individuals who enjoy working together
b. Always pick the best people in the organization
c. Confine team members to one location
d. Consider the skills and information needed by the project

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d. Consider the skills and information needed by the project

32
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A team leader is:

a. The profit and loss manager of a project
b. Responsible for developing the company’s NPD strategy
c. A person responsible for managing an individual NPD project through to completion
d. Responsible for the market launch and life cycle stages of a product

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c. A person responsible for managing an individual NPD project through to completion

33
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An organization may choose a heavyweight team for a:

a. Repositioning project
b. New product platform
c. Product improvement project
d. Line extension project

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b. New product platform

34
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When rewarding teams, one should use:

a. Individual compensation
b. Bonuses for outstanding team members
c. Team incentives
d. Rewards for the team leader

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c. Team incentives

35
Q

A lightweight team in NPD:

a. Is a new product team charged with developing a product and delivering it to the marketplace with resources not dedicated to the team
b. Is a cros-functional team reporting to the team leader
c. The skill level of team members is not important, they are tasked to develop breakthrough new products
d. Is used for a product that must move very quickly as time to market is critical to its success

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a. Is a new product team charged with developing a product and delivering it to the marketplace with resources not dedicated to the team

36
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PDMA’s research identifies that NPD teams in the best companies have: 1) cross-functional teams; 2) part-time team leaders; 3) most rewards are non-financial

a. Both 1 and 2
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. Both 2 and 3
d. Both 1 and 3

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b. 1, 2 and 3

37
Q

A best practice when determining the appropriate project organization structure and leadership mode is to:

a. Match the type of project to the necessary resources and type of team
b. Appoint a sr. manager as the team leader
c. Pick the best functional area to manage the project
d. Assign cross-functional teams to all projects

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a. Match the type of project to the necessary resources and type of team

38
Q

One of the most important factors for team success is:

a. Talent
b. Leadership
c. Trust
d. Organizational structure

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c. Trust

39
Q

A number of people with needed skills who represent their department or function is a :

a. Work group
b. NPD team
c. Cross-functional team
d. Lightweight team

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a. Work group

40
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An autonomous team, sometimes called a “Tiger Team” is a:

a. Team of cross-functional members who report to their functional manager
b. Completely self-sufficient project team that has little, if any, link to the funding organization
c. Team where memebers are autonomouse and their identity is kept secret
d. Functions as an autonomous team with coordination of resources from different parts of the company

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b. Completely self-sufficient project team that has little, if any, link to the funding organization

41
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Core competence is:

a. A people capability that a business does better than other companies and provides them with a disctinctive competitive advantage
b. Provides highest profits for new products
c. The competencies that exist within a team or group
d. The total capabilities of a new product to meet customer needs

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a. A people capability that a business does better than other companies and provides them with a disctinctive competitive advantage

42
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Which of the following statements is true?

a. Conflict is always bad for the team
b. Conflict is best resolved by the team leader
c. Conflict can be positive
d. Conflict should be avoided

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c. Conflict can be positive

43
Q

Which of the following teams should be used to develop a break-through new to the world product?

a. Tiger team
b. Autonomous team
c. Venture team
d. All of the above

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d. All of the above

44
Q

A team leader who does not want or use input from other team members is described as:

a. Bureaucratic
b. Autocratic
c. Collaborative
d. Autonomous

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b. Autocratic

45
Q

According to the PDMA, a product development team is:

a. A group of individuals charged with developing new products for the marketplace
b. A multi-functional group of individuals chartered to plan and execute a new product development project
c. Very dependent on the company, culture of the organization, and the specifics of a project
d. A group of individuals who participate in the product development program

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b. A multi-functional group of individuals chartered to plan and execute a new product development project

46
Q

Sr. management’s role for teams and organizations begin with:

a. Micromanaging the team leader
b. Establishing strategic vision/mission/strategy
c. Withholding recognition to team
d. Withholding resources for better projects

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b. Establishing strategic vision/mission/strategy

47
Q

Which of the following is a trait of a high performance team?

a. Common purpose
b. Well defined project definition
c. Team members with expertise and experience
d. All of the above

A

d. All of the above

48
Q

Which of the NPD group structures is not a team?

a. Functional team
b. Lighweight team
c. Autonomous team
d. Heavyweight team

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a. Functional team

49
Q

A project champion is:

a. A technical expert and supporter
b. A productivity booster
c. A project supporter and spokesperson
d. Responsible for arranging funding for the project

A

c. A project supporter and spokesperson

50
Q

Trust is key for a successful team. What are some signs that a team lacks trust?

a. Holds each other accountable
b. Never seen eating lunch or socializing together
c. Helps a memeber complete its assigned task
d. Hidden agendas and outside conversations

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d. Hidden agendas and outside conversations

51
Q

The type of team typcially used for minor or slight product changes is:

a. Autonomous team
b. Lightweight team
c. Functional team
d. Heavyweight team

A

c. Functional team

52
Q

According to the PDMA, a product team is:

a. A group of individuals that form a team to develop new products
b. A multi-functional group of individuals chartered to plan and execute product management initiatives such as product improvements, cost reductions, customer visits, etc.
c. A group of individuals who work together to complete the launch of a new product
d. A new product development group that focuses on product improvements and enhancements and reports to a team leader

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b. A multi-functional group of individuals chartered to plan and execute product management initiatives such as product improvements, cost reductions, customer visits, etc.

53
Q

The individual who provides the financial resources for a project is:

a. The sponsoring organization
b. The project sponsor
c. The project manager
d. The product champion

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b. The project sponsor

54
Q

What type of team had proved to be most successful in NPD?

a. Autonomous
b. Functional
c. Cross-functional
d. Work group

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c. Cross-functional

55
Q

The difference between a lightweight team leader and a heavyweight team leader includes:

a. Expertise on the heavyweight team leader
b. Clout of the heavyweight team leader with the organization
c. Heavyweight team leader will be promoted if the project is successful
d. Expertise of the lightweight team leader

A

b. Clout of the heavyweight team leader with the organization

56
Q

Successful teams have a:

a. History together
b. High level of skill group
c. Strong leader
d. Common purpose

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d. Common purpose

57
Q

A project team manager is responsible for the project’s:

a. Performance
b. Budget
c. Request for proposal
d. Scope

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a. Performance

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