Question: 1. What major differences would you expect to find in the management approaches used for breakthrough innovation projects versus those used for derivative or enhancement projects?
2. Discuss the pros and cons of open innovation.
3. Under what circumstances might concurrent engineering (overlapping the stages of design and development) be a bad idea?
4. Discuss the roles that personnel from warranty/field service and the manufacturing shop floor might play when conducting an FMEA.
5. In which stages of a new product design and development project are supply chain operations managers most likely to have the greatest impact? Why?