Concurrent Engineering & Teamwork

Attendance, dependability, responsibility for tasks, abilities to meet purpose, creativity, and energy are attributes for success for:

• Individual Team Members

• Teams

• Leaders

• All of these are correct

Leadership model in which a leader is positioned closely to all members of the team and has short, direct communication:

• Consultant

• Flat

• Participative

• Traditional

Leadership model where a strong leader directs the actions:

• Flat

• Traditional

• Participative

• Consultant

The total time needed to plan, prototype, and procure materials and to create marketing strategies, devise tooling, begin production and bring new product to the market is the definition of:

• Speed

• Time to Market

• Concurrent Engineering

• All of these are correct

What should not be compromised when trying to meet standards and deadlines?

• Quality

• None of these are correct

• All of these are correct

• Speed

Shared expectations/rules within the team are established during:

• Norming

• Adjourning

• Storming

• Performing

This stage is when a leader may become indistinguishable from the rest of the group, as all members are busy with executing tasks:

• Storming

• Norming

• Adjourning

• Performing

Which growth stage of a team does the enormity of the task sink in and leadership critical is focusing the team:

• Adjourning

• Norming

• Performing

• Storming

Common goal or purpose, leadership among every member, effective communication, harmonious relationships, and effective planning and use of resources are attributes for success for:

• Leaders

• All of these are correct

• Teams

• Individual Team Members

Everyone works together (parallel operation) with marketing, manufacturing, and procurement personnel involved from the design of a product:

• Time to Market

• International Tactics

• Concurrent Engineering

• Traditional Engineering Practice