Improving the Flow of Knowledge in Product Development (Report Overview)
In an economy powered by knowledge, better use of knowledge can lead to shorter time to market and less risky and more vibrant new products. To take advantage of the wisdom within the organization, how do you transfer best practices and lessons learned from project to project, from team to team, and from person to person within product development? APQC's study Improving the Flow of Knowledge in Product Development investigated how best-practice organizations tackle the struggles of getting knowledge to flow across organizational borders.
This article provides an overview of that study, including a list of the 16 study findings and descriptions of the five participating best-practice organizations:
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