TY - GEN
T1 - Towards agile development of physical products a startup case study
AU - Bohmer, Annette Isabel
AU - Schweigert, Sebastian
AU - Devecka, Jakub
AU - Grauvogl, Constantin
AU - Becerril, Lucia
AU - Bahrouni, Zied
AU - Lindemann, Udo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/2
Y1 - 2017/7/2
N2 - Changes in product development processes can occur for many reasons, some of which are difficult to predict or anticipate [1]. They are caused externally (e.g. change in customer needs) or internally (e.g. product complexity). This leads to a limited effectiveness of traditional (product-) developments methods and requires the incorporation of new ones. One of the main strategies handling uncertainty is to accomplish the challenge of being agile that goes hand in hand with ever-present change [2]. Especially, multiple-discipline mechatronic engineering needs to cope with a high level of uncertainty and complexity. This paper aims to address this challenges by examining mechatronic product development within a start-up, that is specialized on new product development and a flexible cooperation. It proposes a holistic methodology that integrates the perspectives of agile development, product architecture development and engineering change management. The goal of the project presented as a case study in this paper was to develop a machine that automatically produces a special sort of Omani bread on demand for household and small restaurant usage.
AB - Changes in product development processes can occur for many reasons, some of which are difficult to predict or anticipate [1]. They are caused externally (e.g. change in customer needs) or internally (e.g. product complexity). This leads to a limited effectiveness of traditional (product-) developments methods and requires the incorporation of new ones. One of the main strategies handling uncertainty is to accomplish the challenge of being agile that goes hand in hand with ever-present change [2]. Especially, multiple-discipline mechatronic engineering needs to cope with a high level of uncertainty and complexity. This paper aims to address this challenges by examining mechatronic product development within a start-up, that is specialized on new product development and a flexible cooperation. It proposes a holistic methodology that integrates the perspectives of agile development, product architecture development and engineering change management. The goal of the project presented as a case study in this paper was to develop a machine that automatically produces a special sort of Omani bread on demand for household and small restaurant usage.
KW - agile
KW - iterative
KW - prototype
KW - startup
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047518063&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICE.2017.8279872
DO - 10.1109/ICE.2017.8279872
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85047518063
T3 - 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation: Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Beyond 2020: New Challenges, New Approaches, ICE/ITMC 2017 - Proceedings
SP - 78
EP - 85
BT - 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation
A2 - Jardim-Goncalves, Ricardo
A2 - Mendonca, Joao Pedro
A2 - Pallot, Marc
A2 - Zarli, Alain
A2 - Martins, Joao
A2 - Marques, Maria
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 23rd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2017
Y2 - 27 June 2017 through 29 June 2017
ER -