Project competence in product development

This paper presents and discusses the individual competence particularly required to work in project-organized product development. Individual competence encompasses the knowledge, skills and abilities to deal with issues related to organizational, social and technological factors involved in projec...

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Published inResearch in engineering design Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 193 - 200
Main Authors Zika-Viktorsson, Annika, Ritz n, Sofia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.03.2005
Subjects
capabilities
competence
Data acquisition
firm
knowledge
management
Product development
project work
Qualitative analysis
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Summary:This paper presents and discusses the individual competence particularly required to work in project-organized product development. Individual competence encompasses the knowledge, skills and abilities to deal with issues related to organizational, social and technological factors involved in projects. The purpose has been to explore the competence required for project members at the operational level, and to explore the conditions for developing such competence. The study is based on a qualitative approach, with interviews as the tool for data collection. The study group comprised 54 respondents working in R&D departments within five large Swedish manufacturing companies. The findings reveal the need for project co-workers to be skilled in both practical and psychosocial aspects of co-ordination, time planning and control. The findings of the study demonstrate the importance of being able to cope with prescribed as well as unpredictable processes. They also indicate the effect of time on experience transfer.
ISSN:0934-9839
1435-6066
1435-6066
DOI:10.1007/s00163-004-0051-y