Thanks for asking. Yes it does depend on the industry and of course the size of the organization, but directionally what I was trying to say was that companies tend to run projects too lean rather than with enough people to move as fast as possible. And counter to what they expect, cash flow from new products suffers as does time to market.

What kind of business/industry are you talking about when you say “However, most companies try to run far more than two projects at the same time.” ? Doesn’t it depend on the industry? I understand that an R&D team may be able to develop more than 2 products a year sequentially in some industries, but if you’re a software vendor – for example – you need a specialized team dedicated to a particular product. After releasing version 1, you would start working on the next release – the team can’t just forget about the product and go on with the next idea, and the acquired expertise is a required asset to improve/continue with the product. In this case, one would assign the 10 guys to only one of the ideas and discard the other, or 5 in each simultaneously.