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The development of products consists of a process that involves knowledge and several functional areas and presents a high degree of complexity and iteration in its execution. The literature presents several models and approaches for characterizing the new product development process. However, they usually do not adequately represent its dynamics. The present work aims at characterizing the product development process based on the nature of its elements covered by the literature. A representative conceptual model of this process is proposed within two levels of integration. The theoretical model is based on six dimensions (strategic, organizational, technical, planning, control and operational) integrated in the levels of structural and operational. It also identifies what the elements that compose the operational dimension are and how the interaction between them might be characterized. The paper also emphasizes the need for new studies with a detailed analysis of the interaction and the integration of the elements here presented.
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Almeida, L.F., Miguel, P.A.C. (2007). Managing new product development process: a proposal of a theoretical model about their dimensions and the dynamics of the process. In: Loureiro, G., Curran, R. (eds) Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-976-7_27
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