All three types of team conflict, task conflict, process conflict, and relational conflict are good for innovation teams.

The purpose of the ____ mode of Design Thinking is to develop a concept or set of concepts that can be shared with the target market for feedback and that, through iteration, can be improved upon.

According to “The Innovation Challenge,” “newness” can be defined in two ways: 

Research shows that one of the foremost keys to profitability in new product development is developing and launching a unique, superior product with a compelling ____ proposition.

The traditional NPD (New Product Development) process is called the _____ innovation process.

_____ dispersion is the most intuitive characteristic of virtual teams and refers to the physical distance separating team members.

Here is an basic ideation exercise. It comes from the idea that a group gathers for a meal and brainstorms ideas and writes them down on the back of a paper napkin. This begins with reflecting on the problem or needs of customers. Each team (or individual on the team) has a napkin (or place to write) and a writing instrument. Teams/individuals draw a solution to the problem as a flow chart/sketch or graph. The team/individuals on the team also draws alternative solutions. The team evaluates the solutions based on meaningfulness, feasibility, and novelty. This is called: 

The formula we used in this course to calculate NPV is the sum of the present value of cash flows for each year associated with the investment, discounted so that it is expressed in today’s dollars.

In this face to face course you were tasked with creating a prototype. Which type of prototype (focused analytical or comprehensive analytical or focused physical or comprehensive physical) did your team create for your NPD Team project and why?  Name and describe the type and explain why your team chose this in a few sentences.

According to the reading “Take Home Points,” you should not use PR (public relations) as part of the launch mix.