Excerpt from Sources of Ideas and Their Effectiveness in Parallel R& D Projects
Seven sets of parallel R D projects involving I5 labora Tories are examined. Data gathered by sqtion development Re cords-a form which provides a weekly estimate of The probability of adoption of The approaches under consideration as possible solutions To a Technical problem-and post  project interviews with The engineers responsible for each problem. The sources of Tech nical approaches, indicated on The sqtion development Records, were obtained during The post-project interviews. Eight pos sible sources of ideas are considered.