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- Ericson, Åsa, et al.
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Design thinking challenges in education
- 2009
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In: Design has never been this cool. - Glasgow : Design Research Society. ; , s. 89-100
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Product development processes are commonly represented in sequential models covering the necessary stages from planning to product rollout, while processes to take needs into the development activities show other aspects, namely that understanding needs requires, for a product developer, additional skills. In our curricula for engineering design education we apply some aspects of design thinking to bring together (a) business savvy, in terms of understanding people’s needs as market opportunities, and (b) product development process, in terms of team-based creativity and collaborative skills, with (c) the basic engineering knowledge. This is a demanding aim, much because the approaches, methods and mindsets differ widely from what the students are used to. Hence, in this paper we elaborate on our efforts to educate engineers in design thinking to provide insights into some challenges for engineering design. Three key challenges are identified, (1) integrative approaches are not straightforwardly implemented, (2) training of ‘soft’ capabilities to provide a change in thinking, and (3) social competence to make use of design thinking.
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- Ericson, Åsa, et al.
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Prompting innovation : dedicated places
- 2008
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In: Proceedings. - : Luleå tekniska universitet. ; , s. 161-173
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In our view, close collaboration in joint work meetings has gained limited attention from universities. Our vision for promoting innovative forms of academia-industry collaboration is to bridging meeting content, goal and physical domains to facilitate the meetings and everyday interactions of creative and innovative teams. This paper provides an outline of how an emerging approach for team innovation encourages a reorganization of research and development work, as well as provides a new rational for the design and use of collaborative work spaces. The opportunity to dedicate a room, i.e., a boiler room, for creative collaborative meetings occurred when our offices was going to be refurbished. The space, i.e., the physical constraints of the room, was given. Structurally, it is a typical squared room, nothing remarkable about that. However, by observing and talking about our own collaboration and meetings a set of needs was identified. For the boiler room these needs was captured in the words static and flexible. On the foundation of these words the boiler room has been furnish. A furniture FocIn-FocOut was designed to guide people into different modes. The rationale for the boiler room has been made visible and thereby, also the notion of place as a cultural phenomena.
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- Larsson, Andreas, et al.
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Design for versatility : the changing face of workspaces for collaborative design
- 2005
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In: Proceedings ICED 05, the 15th International Conference on Engineering Design. - Melbourne : The Institution of Engineers, Australia. - 9780858257887
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In a fiercely competitive business climate, which is increasingly characterized by global alliances, partnerships and outsourcing agreements, companies struggle to decrease the negative impact of geographic distance on development efforts. The role of workspaces for collaborative design is gaining considerable attention, and there is currently an increasing interest in moving from individual tools or technologies to a more inclusive view of collaborative workspaces. This paper reports on the underlying motivation and justification for a new collaborative design studio at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. The studio provides a rapid-response environment, in which the significance of issues raised through ethnographic observations of engineering work can be evaluated and solutions offered.
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- Larsson, Andreas, et al.
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Distributed design teams : embedded one-on-one conversations in one-to-many
- 2002
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In: Proceedings of the Design Research Society International Conference at Brunel University. - : Staffordshire University Press. - 1904133118 ; , s. 604-614
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Engineering design is fundamentally social, requiring a lot of interaction and communication between the people involved. Additionally, good design often relies upon the ability of a cross-functional team to create a shared understanding of the task, the process and the respective roles of its members. The negotiation and bargaining for common ground are essential in the design process. It is important to provide tools and methods so that also geographically distributed design teams are given the opportunity to engage in such social interactions. This paper presents a study of interpersonal communication within the Distributed Team Innovation (DTI) framework; a joint product design project between Luleå University of Technology and Stanford University that investigates the future of collaborative product development. The common object of work is to design "Virtual Pedals" for Volvo Car Corporation.In the study, we noticed that one-on-one conversations, held in parallel to a main discussion, were common in co-located teamwork and that they are a natural part of creative teamwork. These conversations were mainly used to clarify things and to discuss vague ideas or personal disagreements. Additionally, they were often used instead of, or as a precursor to, bringing up a topic with the whole group. In distributed meetings side conversations were discouraged and current systems for distributed collaboration could not provide sufficient support for these subtle interactions. This has important implications for supporting and improving the performance of global teams, and it suggests that the one-to-many channel of today's video conferencing technology is severely limiting.
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- Larsson, Andreas, et al.
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Intranet - Luleå University of Technology
- 2001
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The Division of Computer Aided Design has been announced as one of ten winners in the Intranet Design Annual, published by web guru Jakob Nielsen at Nielsen/Norman Group. In competition with over 50 nominated organizations, the division's Intranet, developed by Andreas Larsson, Tobias Larsson and Peter Törlind, reached the top ten. Nielsen has been called the "guru of webpage usability" by the New York Times, and he currently holds 60 U.S. Patents, most of them concerning web usability. The report states: “It is also notable that Luleå University of Technology made it to the top 10, despite being designed by a bunch of graduate students. Though small and lacking a lot of resources, this design team focused relentlessly on user needs and on simplifying their design through many fast iterations. Some of the Luleå features underwent up to 50 iterations before they reached their current usability level. ‘I thought my initial design for the calendar application was really easy to use - in fact, I was quite proud of it,’ says one of the developers. But, the design didn’t hold up when professors and other staff members used it, so it was changed. User needs triumphed over the designer’s initial pride. That’s the hallmark of a truly great designer. On a small budget, the way to achieve high-quality design is through fast, cheap iterations and a willingness to do what users need.” http://www.useit.com/alertbox/intranet_design_2001.html http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/2001/
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- Larsson, Andreas, et al.
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The Mobile intranet : managing people and information in a distributed organization
- 2002
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In: WWDU 2002. - Berlin : Ergonomic, Inst. für Arbeits- und Sozialforschung. - 3925251081
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- As a result of the increasing globalisation of organizations, information systems must deal with issues of mobility. Longer distances between the members can lead to a knowledge gap, which means that two groups of people working in the same organization work according to completely different bases of information. Thus, there is a need for the members of an organization to communicate efficiently across geographical and departmental boundaries. The paper discusses motives, methods and experiences from the participatory design of a versatile Intranet application currently in use at the Division of Computer Aided Design, Luleå University of Technology in Sweden.
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- Larsson, Tobias, et al.
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Project: PIEp - Product Innovation Engineering Programme
- 2011
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Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- PROJEKTSAMMANFATTNINGPIEp, Product Innovation Engineering Program är ett nationellt program som syftar till att stärka förmågan till innovativ produkt- och affärsutveckling. PIEp spänner över fältet från teori till praktik, från forskning om innovationssystem till proaktivt arbete för att stärka innovationskraft och därigenom uppnå en systemförändring inom forskning, utbildning och utveckling. PIEp skall pågå under tio år, 2007-2016 och engagera flera av Sveriges lärosäten och forskningsinstitut involverade i innovation och produktutveckling. PIEp leds och administreras vid KTH i partnerskap med Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Högskolan i Jönköping, Designhögskolan vid Umeå Universitet, Centrum för Teknik, Medicin och Hälsa, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, samt en rad företag och organisationer.
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