The heterogeneity of teams - in terms of disciplines and functional affiliation within the company - turns out to be both chance and challenge relating to the effectiveness of the team members. The mix of employees with differing educational and professional background allows for coping with highly complex tasks, on the one hand. On the other hand, it often leads to highly varying perspectives and preferences within the team, resulting in disagreements and lower work efficiency. Therefore, on the basis of an extensive research project in the area of rapid prototyping, the Knowledge Integration Training for Teams - KITT has been developed. It offers behavioural strategies for managing typical barriers of knowledge and information exchange in interdisciplinary teams.
