Agile development of physical products—A case study of medical device product development

Carlos Gerber, Kristin Goevert, Sebastian Schweigert-Recksiek, Udo Lindemann

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Abstract

Agile development gets more and more relevant in non-IT development processes. Main reasons are the flexibility and the shorter reaction times. The different conditions of physical products compared to software products are current challenges for the use of agile product development methods. This project focuses especially on a medical product development by using scrum to develop agile. After each sprint, the scrum process was adapted to the respective circumstances. Additionally, the team participated a survey, which focuses on collaboration and team behaviour aspects. The survey is based on the team climate inventory. Results of the research were amongst others a 3D-printed microtiter plate, best practices for scrum in medical device development and the survey. Based on the implementation of agile methods in this project and the survey, a recommendation model of an agile medical device development is derived.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch into Design for a Connected World - Proceedings of ICoRD 2019 Volume 2
EditorsAmaresh Chakrabarti
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages823-834
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789811359767
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event7th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2019 - Bangalore, India
Duration: 9 Jan 201911 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume135
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBangalore
Period9/01/1911/01/19

Keywords

  • Agile development
  • Collaboration analysis
  • Medical device development
  • Scrum
  • TCI
  • Team

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