As his first task, he decided to conduct a (6) ###### analysis of the steps required to develop new products, and to organize the tasks into a logical order. The first step in developing new products would be to (7) ###### what kind of products the market needed and what problems existed with the products currently being used.
The second task would be to find out how best to examine these problems and determine what kind of research would be needed to (8) ###### the problems. It would be better to say, reexamine these problems, since most of these unsolved problems had been thoroughly (9) ###### over the years.
The third task would be to look at the quality and characteristics of the competition’s products. By (10) ###### the competition’s products, he would know where he should improve. And the final task would be to decide how to gather the most substantial information from the fewest number of (11) ######. Michael smiled and sat back to read over his list. Confident that he had a good team and a good plan, he felt ready to (12) ###### his new job.]]>