Design Methods and Factors Influencing their Uptake in Product Development Companies: A Review (original) (raw)
INTRODUCTION: Product development companies are under pressure to produce high quality products that satisfy requirements from different stakeholders including end-users. This requires them to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their product development processes. Design methods are necessary to support these companies to improve their product development processes, and thereby in producing high quality products (Blessing and Chakrabarti, 2009). Many modern design projects are complex, and the old conventional ways of working may not be suitable in such projects as these ways can be ineffective and inefficient (Cross, 2000). Studies reported in e.g. Booker (2012) on a sample of design methods in product development show that these methods enhance the performance of companies in terms of cost reduction, better product quality and faster lead times. With due considerations to nunanced views on the effectiveness of design methods and process models (e.g. Bender 2004), the domi...
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