Educating Future Product Developers in Virtual Collaboration

2011 ◽  
pp. 48-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Žavbi ◽  
Jože Tavcar ◽  
Jouke Verlinden
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Virtual Collaboration ◽  
Integrated Product Development ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
Product Realization ◽  
Complex Activities

Integrated product development is a set of complex activities and its level of difficulty is additionally increased by the ever-changing business environment, primarily by functional associating of geographically dispersed human resources. The key resources for development are product developers, but it is questionable whether the existing systems are appropriate for the education of such professionals. The chapter describes the European Global Product Realization (E-GPR) course program and reflections from the perspective of participating students and company representatives. To investigate the longterm effects of the course, a survey was conducted on all present and former students, and company representatives. Students, lecturers, instructors, and company representatives all have high praise for the course, believing the acquired knowledge and experience to be invaluable for future members of product development teams.

Educating Future Product Developers in Virtual Collaboration

2008 ◽  
pp. 101-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Žavbi ◽  
Jože Tavcar ◽  
Jouke Verlinden
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Virtual Collaboration ◽  
Integrated Product Development ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
Product Realization ◽  
Complex Activities

Integrated product development is a set of complex activities and its level of difficulty is additionally increased by the ever-changing business environment, primarily by functional associating of geographically dispersed human resources. The key resources for development are product developers, but it is questionable whether the existing systems are appropriate for the education of such professionals. The chapter describes the European Global Product Realization (E-GPR) course program and reflections from the perspective of participating students and company representatives. To investigate the longterm effects of the course, a survey was conducted on all present and former students, and company representatives. Students, lecturers, instructors, and company representatives all have high praise for the course, believing the acquired knowledge and experience to be invaluable for future members of product development teams.

Identifying Enablers and Barriers to Successful Platform-Based Product Development: A Case Study From Business-to-Business Products

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Jorgensen ◽  
David Havens ◽  
Paul Salvatore ◽  
Alvaro J. Rojas Arciniegas ◽  
Marcos Esterman
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Current State ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Phase Gate ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Business To Business

Product development teams are facing continued pressure to develop more products in less time and with fewer resources. Platform-based developed is commonly seen as a solution to increase capacity of the product development pipeline. This research identified enablers and barriers to successful platform-based product development. This was achieved through a comprehensive literature review of the current state of the art and an exploratory case study of product development practices within a business-to-business environment from companies with significantly different cultures and experiences with platform-based product development. Key enablers identified in this research include institutionalizing systems engineering, development and communication of product development roadmaps, augmentation of phase gate review process and critical parameter characterization. Operational recommendations from this research are considered to be possible to implement without significant changes to existing processes and organizational structures.

Understanding Perceptual Gaps in Integrated Product Development Teams

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cagan ◽  
Craig M. Vogel ◽  
Laurie R. Weingart
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Integrated Product Development ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Product Development Teams

Abstract An in-depth study identifying perceptual gaps between diverse disciplines within a product development process is presented. The gaps have profound impact on the design process, identifying differing goals and leading to unhealthy conflict in the process.

Mobile Collaboration Support for Virtual Teams

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keng Siau ◽  
Min Ling
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Virtual Collaboration ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Qualitative Technique ◽  
Sophisticated Technology

Organizations increasingly depend on virtual teams in which geographically distributed individuals use sophisticated technology to interact and collaborate. With the advancement of mobile and wireless technology, mobile support for collaboration among virtual team members is becoming increasingly important and popular. In this research, we study the values of mobile support for virtual team members. Using the qualitative technique, Value-Focused Thinking approach, proposed by Keeney, we interviewed 30 subjects who were involved in information systems development teams and asked them the values of mobile support for virtual collaboration. This study uses Alter's Work Systems Theory as the conceptual foundation.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INTEGRATION BENEFITS AMONG INDUSTRY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS: A CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2475-2484
Author(s):  
T. Chatty ◽  
J. Faludi
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
Design Integration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Development Practice

AbstractHow do employees perceive the impact of incorporating sustainability considerations into their product development practice? In this case study, we observe how these perceptions can be shifted by teaching workshops on how to apply sustainable design methods in practice. We compare the trends for different methods on various dimensions such as creativity, design process time, product marketability etc. Results show an overall shift towards positive perception for all the methods on a majority of factors, indicating a way to ease the adoption of sustainable design into industry practice.

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