The article deals with managing the deliverables shared between activities of a product development (PD) project. In particular, we are interested in understanding the impact of incomplete deliverables (e.g., missing or poor quality) from one activity on subsequent activities, and how do these impacts propagate throughout the entire project. To capture the complexity of exchanged and shared deliverables within a PD project, we propose a modeling framework based on the Design Structure Matrix (DSM). By focusing on actors who are involved in many deliverable-related interdependencies, we can propose strategies to mitigate risks of poor communications and coordination due to the complex project structure. Our approach is to form complementary teams (or working groups) according to the relationships they have due to their deliverable exchanges. This improved teaming arrangements allows for increased coordination between actors who are interdependent, albeit not always formally connected via the hierarchical structure of the project organization