EVALUATION OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Koehler, Nico; Močibov, Petra; Naumann, Thomas; Vajna, Sándor
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN PROCESSES
Page(s): 805-816
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0496
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to reveal phenomena of integrated design engineering in practice by comparing four different product developments in a case study. Based on our universal questionnaire, the product developments in the branch automotive, sports optics, power tools and camera are analyzed in terms of their abilities in the field of problem solving, complexity and traceability. With the help of the collected data, we confirm well-known product development phenomena such as the ill-definedness of goals, communication as complexity driver and the lack of traceability in design rationale.
Keywords: integrated product development, problem solving, complexity, traceability