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Using product profiles for retrospective case studies in SGE – system generation engineering

Felix Pfaff, Michael Schlegel, Thomas Alexander Völk, Karl Thomas Reinheckel, Albert Albers

Type:
Papers
DS 129: Proceedings of the DESIGN2024 18th International Design Conference
Year:
2024
Editor:
Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović, Neven Pavković, Marija Majda Škec
Author:
Felix Pfaff, Michael Schlegel, Thomas Alexander Völk, Karl Thomas Reinheckel, Albert Albers
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Section:
Systems Engineering and Design
Page(s):
2695-2704
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2024.272
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
Supporting product developers in innovating is an important task of design research. An invention and a valid need situation described through a product profile are necessary elements of innovation. But how can we derive recommendations on how to develop "innovative" products if the success of a product can only be measured retrospectively? Retrospective case studies are one approach to investigate relationships between context factors, variations in systems and product profiles, and innovation success. To investigate these, we use product profiles in case studies across system generations.
Keywords:
design research, innovation, case study, product development
18th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2024)
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