In creating the 777, Boeing used fundamentally new approaches to designing and building an airplane. The 777 program established design/build teams to develop each element of the airplane's airframe or system. Under this approach, all of the different specialties involved in airplane development -- designers, manufacturing representatives, tooling, engineers, finance, suppliers, customers and others -- worked jointly to create the airplane's parts and systems. Based at the same location, team members worked concurrently, sharing their knowledge rather than applying their skills sequentially.