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- Alfredsson, Ludvig, et al.
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Product Development Management
- 2011
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Ingår i: Entering the tigers cave – Perspectives on Japanese and Swedish Product Development. - Göteborg : Department of Product and Production Development, Chalmers University of Technology.
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Andersson, Magnus, et al.
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Your purpose or mine? Perspectives on data in innovation ecosystems
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Journal of Technology Management. - Geneva : InderScience Publishers. - 0267-5730 .- 1741-5276. ; 91:3/4, s. 219-238
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Innovation in ecosystems becomes increasingly attractive for incumbents as the technical complexity increases and complementarities play an increasingly important role for global competition. Digital platforms are becoming one of the primary means to that end, where incumbents can gain scale effects and reap the benefits of the creative crowd while maintaining ownership of the core product. But a lion’s share of these platforms hinges on the accessibility of data, and the view of the value of this data differs among actors in the system. This paper accounts for a case study of two type actors in an innovation ecosystem: the core actor (OEM) and the peripheral actor (third party service provider). From interviews with representatives of these actors, we find that their perspectives on the data and its usefulness outside its intended context differ. We label the perspectives purposive and multi-contextual; we formulate their descriptions and outline managerial implications. We argue that these differing perspectives are at the crux of establishing innovation capabilities in ecosystems based on digital platforms. Copyright © 2023 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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- Berglind Söderqvist, Johannes, 1986, et al.
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Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water - Agile transformation from the trenches
- 2019
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Ingår i: Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Large scale agile transformations are based on the premise that agile on an organizational level (i.e. “large-scale agile”) is rooted in the same underlying assumptions as agile on a team-level. This premise however, proves to be problematic according to Rolland, Dingsoyr et al. (2016) who calls for a re-conceptualization of agile at scale. We join this standpoint and aim to contribute to this re-conceptualization by addressing agility beyond transformational enforcement. We study the agile transformation of a large R&D organization of a manufacturer in the automotive industry. We study it from the bottom-up perspective, meaning we follow closely a group of mechanical integration engineers (MIE) and how they are affected by the corporate transformation initiative. This allows us to capture an important aspect of agility – the relation between formality and informality. We find that the group of MIE’s work in line with fundamental agile principles, and have done so since long before the transformation. Interestingly, these ways of working are not formally recognized as agile and are therefore not legitimate in light of the transformation. In light of our empirical findings, we underline the somewhat paradoxical nature of the idea that agile as a self-organizing, post-bureaucratic approach is imposed top-down in a manner insensitive to present ways of working that may be well aligned with the explicit purpose of the very transformation. We suggest using the idea of critical performativity (Spicer, Alvesson et al. 2016) which includes identifying ‘present potentialities’ rather than “faddishly replicating reforms carried out elsewhere” (Spicer, Alvesson et al. 2016 p. 236), as a productive way of conceptualizing ‘agile at scale’ that incorporates the informality of agile practices. Rolland, K., et al. (2016). Problematizing agile in the large: alternative assumptions for large-scale agile development. 39th International Conference on Information Systems, Association for Information Systems (AIS). Spicer, A., et al. (2016). "Extending critical performativity." Human Relations 69(2): 225-249.
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- Berglind Söderqvist, Johannes, 1986, et al.
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Inter-team coordination in agile development: Learning from non-software contexts
- 2019
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 12th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering, CHASE 2019. ; May 2019, s. 69-70
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- LAYERED MUTUAL ADJUSTMENT When agile development is introduced in large-scale product development such as that of cars in organizations that previously employed a plan-driven approach there is reason to assume that mutual adjustment has already been employed as a coordination mechanism. Given the scale of such projects, mutual adjustment among work groups through representatives, i.e. layered mutual adjustment, is likely to have occurred in some form. ONGOING RESEARCH AND FINDINGS We currently conduct an ethnographic field study in the product development organization of Volvo Cars that until recently employed a plan-driven approach to product development. We study the Mechanical architecture & integration department (MAI) and their ways of working. At MAI, a hundred mechanical integration engineers (MIE) have the responsibility for continuously ensuring the proper integration of the digital representation of hardware in all the ongoing car projects each of which involves several hundred developers. Starting from project plans and product architecture, they ensure that the product stays consistent across sub-systems and that any technical issues where different sub-systems conflict, are handled and integration of the product ensured. The work carried out at MAI embraces conflict as a part of work, it employs collaborative methods to seek solutions, encourages exploration and creativity and allows design and implementation to be inseparable in the work process. In other words, much of what characterizes a fertile ground for agile work practices. In a given car project, an MIE monitors the integration of parts within a specific ‘chunk’ of the car and identifies present and potential integration issues among sub-systems involved in the ‘chunk’ that are under development by different work groups in the project. She prioritizes among the different issues that need to be solved. Her role has no formal authority attributed to it apart from that yielded by her exclusive overall perspective on the product, one which people working on the different sub-system cannot afford to maintain themselves. She also identifies the people in the organization that need to participate in solving the integration, i.e. representatives of the concerned work groups. She also acts as a facilitator when the work group is gathered, therein playing a mediating role in this form of layered mutual adjustment. CONCLUSION There is potential for advancing the research on inter-team coordination in large-scale agile software development by learning from large-scale product development beyond software. This could generate new ideas and approaches to handle the inter-team coordination challenges entailed by scaling agile development. One such approach that can be drawn from the example provided here is the use of a mediating role in the use of layered mutual adjustment. Moreover, our findings also suggest that the informal practices ongoing in formally plan-driven hardware development may constitute an untapped resource in agile transformation efforts.
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- Berglind Söderqvist, Johannes, 1986, et al.
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Self-organization of the product and organization relationship – A processual perspective on the mirroring hypothesis
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper builds on several studies of the mirroring hypothesis and specifically develops the idea of an emergent mirroring hypothesis, being the processual mirroring leading towards a one-to-one relationship between the product system and the organization. By assuming that operative product development organizations have an inherent self-organizing capability, we develop a hypothesis of an emergent mirroring process. A process where uncertainty arising from misalignment between the product system and the organization sparks the self-organizing creation of both organizational order and product definition leading to new alignment between the two. Through a participative case study, we provide an illustrative example of how this process is enacted to solve a hardware integration issue spanning across intra-organizational borders and suggest conditions that need to be provided for developers to self-organize the development of product and organizational order.
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- Helms, Sandra, et al.
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Classification of Methods for the Indication of Change Propagation - a Literature Review
- 2014
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Ingår i: Proceedings of International Design Conference - Design 2014.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In today’s globalized and competitive world, product development processes need to be innovative, effective and efficient. Engineering changes (EC) are an unavoidable part of product development and are both source of innovation and costs. Every innovation derives from a change, but at the same time unnecessary and late changes can be the reason for sky-rocketing costs [Fricke 2000]. Therefore, companies have to find a balance between having too many changes which are costly and time-consuming, and having too few which might lead to missed opportunities with regards to improving quality and being innovative. One particular aspect of changes in engineering design is their risk of propagating further through the product. Engineering change propagation (ECP) can occur wherever there are dependencies within the product and thus a change to one part of the system will trigger subsequent changes in other parts [Yang 2011]. To tackle the problem of unwanted ECP, various methods that aim at supporting designers with the assessment of alternative change options have been developed in recent years. These methods, however, often apply to different scopes and intend at answering different questions. There are academic papers that include a listing and discussion of the various methods that are out in literature such as the one from Jaratt et al. (2011). Moreover, authors that introduce their own method in their paper often refer to other already existing methods. However, most of these papers not exclusively consider the methods that are able to deal with ECP but rather consider the broader field of EC. Also, there is no classified overview in literature that provides deeper insights into what aspects of the various methods differ or are similar. Having such a classified overview at hand with methods that can handle ECP a quicker comparison and assessment of those methods can take place and can therefore save precious time. Hence, this work’s objective is to find methods that can indicate change propagation and to analyse how these differ to each. Therefore, the research questions to be answered are; (RQ 1) what methods in literature to EC propagation do already exist and (RQ 2) based on the findings from RQ 1, how do the so found methods differ to each other?Based on the definitions from Jarratt et al. [Jarratt 2011] and Conrat [Conrat 1998], ECs are in this work defined as modifications in forms, fits, materials, dimensions, functions, drawings or software of a product or component that has already been released during the production design process. ECs include the connected process changes and can be of any size or type, can involve any people, and can take any length of time. EC propagation, based on Tang et al.’s [Tang 2008] and Koh et al.’s [Koh 2012] definition, originates from the relationships or dependencies between items, such as between components, parameters, functions, etc., and describes the process by which a change to one part or element of an existing system configuration or design results in one or more additional changes to the system, when those changes would not have otherwise been required.
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- Helms, Sandra, et al.
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Procedure Model for the Indication of Change Propagation
- 2014
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Ingår i: Proceedings of International Design Conference - Design 2014.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Engineering changes (EC) occur within the product development and account for up to 50% of its capacities [Lindemann 1998]. Despite the fact that ECs are necessary to improve a product’s quality and that they often are the source for innovation [Fricke 2000], ECs are also costly and bear the risk of propagating further through the product. Propagation occur when a change to one part of the system will trigger subsequent changes in other parts [Yang 2011]. In recent years, many methods on change propagation have been developed which aim at supporting designers assessing alternative change options. These methods, however, often apply to different scopes and intend at answering different questions, which makes it difficult to know which one to choose for one’s own specific situation. For instance, some methods aim at indicating potential change propagation paths so that product designers can see what other components are to be affected in the course of the initiated change, others, on the contrary, aim at calculating the risk for a change to propagate. Some methods are delimited to certain stages during product development such as the conceptual design phase, whereas others can be applied throughout all product development stages. Some methods map physical components, whereas others are able to map functional or parameter linkages in a product, etc. Hence, the methods developed in recent years differ to each other with regards to various aspects such as purpose or expected outcome. This means that, depending on the situation and intention of the product developer, not all methods are equally suitable. Thus, product developers who find themselves in a situation where alternative ways of implementing a change in order to meet the new requirement or to correct faults are available might question themselves what methods are out there that can support them and which of them is the most suitable. Therefore, this work’s objective is to develop a procedure model for product developers that can be used as a guide to decide what method for EC propagation fits best to their specific application environment and shall therefore be chosen.This paper’s definition of ECs is based on the definitions from Jarratt et al. [Jarratt 2011] and Conrat [Conrat 1998]: ECs are modifications in forms, fits, materials, dimensions, functions, drawings or software of a product or component that has already been released during the production design process. ECs include the connected process changes and can be of any size or type, can involve any people, and can take any length of time. This paper’s definition of EC propagation is based on Tang et al.’s [Tang 2008] and Koh et al.’s [Koh 2012] definition: EC propagation originates from the relationships or dependencies between items, such as between components, parameters, functions, etc., and describes the process by which a change to one part or element of an existing system configuration or design results in one or more additional changes to the system, when those changes would not have otherwise been required.
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- Jagstedt, Siri, 1989, et al.
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Moving into integrated solutions: Effects on the product development
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 16th International CINet Conference.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper focus on servitization of manufacturing companies and investigates what effects the transition towards integrated solutions has on the product development during the early phases of the transition. Based on ten interviews with employees in a manufacturing case company, it is concluded that the product interfaces, the balance between centralized and local development as well as the process of creating a value proposition, are influenced in the product development when moving into providing integrated solutions.
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- Lindlöf, Ludvig, 1983, et al.
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Agile Beyond Software - A Study of a Large Scale Agile Initiative
- 2018
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED. - : Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia; The Design Society, Glasgow, UK. - 2220-4334 .- 2220-4342. ; 5, s. 2055-2062
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Central to the effectiveness of design teams is how the planning of the design work is organized and coordinated. This paper describes how Saab Aeronautics, a large Swedish developer of jet fighter airplanes, has adopted an agile methodology on a large scale. The paper discusses central mechanisms of agile methodology including development of both software and hardware. The findings indicate two main factors that play an important role in reaching the benefits of agile in a large organization: setting up a system allowing focused team-work and giving the teams an empowered role in planning.
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