INFORMATICS FOR TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

In the new product development (NPD) organization at a Swedish company making high-technology products some problems were recognized. Develo pment of very deep core competencies was vital to the company. This re quired an organization of strong monodisciplinary competence groups. T he product complexity resulted in many such groups of different compet encies. This caused problems for the project management to coordinate the different resources. Another problem area was the need for extensi ve communication for external, cross-functional, and internal cooperat ion to achieve fast time to market of matured products of the right qu ality. The situation is structured into time aspects and 'living' syst ems components. The Resource Box model is applied to the NPD process f or structuring it into information axes. Examples are provided of the Resource Boxes as an informatics tool. Management by informatics is de fined by its components in perspectives of individuals, organization, and communication technology.