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A METHODOLOGY TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS IMPROVEMENT POTENTIALS IN COMMUNICATION PROCESSES OF DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – AN INITIAL APPROACH

Part of: Design Organisation and Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

K. Duehr ,
M. Hirsch ,
A. Albers  and
N. Bursac
K. Duehr*
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
M. Hirsch
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
A. Albers
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
N. Bursac
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
*
*katharina.duehr@kit.edu

Abstract

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The advantages of distributed development teams help companies to address megatrends like globalization and individualization. However, development teams are facing challenges according to increasing requirements on communication processes. This approach provides a methodology to identify and address improvement potentials in communication processes of distributed product development by including the dimensions technology, organization and human involved in the development process. The validation of the methodology's process steps was carried out together with a machine tool manufacturer.

Keywords

distributed designcommunicationmodularisationhuman-centred designagile systems design (ASD)

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 541 - 550
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