From this network map, you can see the various clusters and how they are connected. Figure 1 below is a network map of project teams. A line connecting two teams indicates a two-way information flow or exchange of knowledge. This network of 17 project teams all work on sub-assemblies to a larger product. The teams are composed of mostly engineers, technicians, and project managers.
All teams have less than ten members.
Three clusters are evident with the cluster composed of teams N, O, and P connecting the other two emergent clusters. Before we look at how to improve the overall connectivity of the network, let's digress back to social capital. This is usually not true. Connections that provide the most network benefits give you access to nodes that you currently do not have access to. The average path length in this network is 3.9 with many paths longer than the network horizon.