Design and Application Research of Team Creation Support System for New Product Development

In many industries, the survival of firms is increasingly determined by their success in new product development. At the same time, new product development is a risk and complex process. The main method of new product development that has been used by organizations for many years is team creation. At present, new product development teams are lack of effective ways to support creation. From the mid-1990s on, the infusion of information and communication technologies in product development has raised the importance of information technology in new product development. IT-enabled product development now has the potential to redefine the processes and outcomes of new product development. In this paper, we analyze the supports needed by new product development. Based on the requirement analysis, we design and realize the team creation support system for new product development. Moreover, the process of team creation support system application in new product development is analyzed.