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Product Development and Lightweight Design
Engineering Design Process
Research activities on engineering design processes
focus on the development of efficient procedures for the
design of complex technical products and product service
systems (PSS).
The most important premise when analyzing and improv-
ing processes is the company- and situation-specific
support of developers. In particular, the underlying
product structure, the organizational conditions and the
dynamics of internal and external factors for a targeted
design process are taken into account.
Projects
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DFG SFB project B1 – Cycle-oriented planning and
coordination of development processes
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DFG SFB project C2 – Lifecycle-driven decision
methodology in product-service system
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DFG SFB project D1 – Cyclemanagement design of
PSS innovation processes through diagnosis and dis-
solving of inconsistencies between models of different
domains
The Systemic Change Management Approach
Innovation & Creativity
Schematic dependency graph of the project
development. The lab mainly refines design methodol-
ogies and adapts processes in companies. An essential
component of research are applications within an indus-
trial environment. Research helps to develop sustainable
product architectures, find new ideas using methodologies
of the Open Innovation toolbox and implements new
organizational models following the principles of open
organization.
Projects
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IDAGMED project – Interdisciplinary agile medical
engineering development
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KMEagil project – Implementation of agile methods
in small and medium sized enterprises to improve
development processes
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PE-SEMINAR – Development of a Cocoa Pod Peeling
Machine for Cocoa Plantations in Cameroon
The current research activities of the Laboratory for
Product Development and Lightweight Design in the
field of innovation and creativity aim at the integration of
relevant knowledge from various disciplines of product