Tasks and challenges in prototype development with novel technology - an empirical study

Poul Martin Ravn; Tómas Vignir Guðlaugsson; Niels Henrik Mortensen

Tasks and challenges in prototype development with novel technology - an empirical study

Poul Martin Ravn, Tómas Vignir Guðlaugsson, Niels Henrik Mortensen

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Abstract

This paper presents a thematic analysis of 138 monthly reports from a joint industrial and academic project where multiple prototypes were developed based on the same technology. The analysis was based on tasks and challenges described in the reports by project managers over a period of three years. 17 task themes and 9 challenge themes were identified. It was found that test, implementation, and project management were prominent tasks. Familiarization with the technology was found to a very little degree, which was in opposition to literature. The main challenge was found to be system development. It was found that the predominant tasks and challenges are distributed over long periods of time, rather than in chunks linked to a specific development phase.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15)
Number of pages	10
Volume	4
Publisher	Design Society
Publication date	2015
Pages	173-182
ISBN (Print)	978-1-904670-67-4
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	20th International Conference on Engineering Design: Design for Life - Milan, Italy Duration: 27 Jul 2015 → 31 Jul 2015 Conference number: 20 http://iced2015.org/

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference on Engineering Design
Number	20
Country	Italy
City	Milan
Period	27/07/2015 → 31/07/2015
Internet address	http://iced2015.org/

Series	ICED
ISSN	2220-4334

Keywords

Technology
Early design phases
Project management
Development tasks
Challenges

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Tasks and challenges in prototype development with novel technology - an empirical study. / Ravn, Poul Martin; Guðlaugsson, Tómas Vignir; Mortensen, Niels Henrik.

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15). Vol. 4 Design Society, 2015. p. 173-182 (ICED).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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