A New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach

In order to survive in today’s highly competitive global market, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have had to transition from sequential to concurrent product development, which significantly shortens development cycles, reduces costs, and ensures high product quality. Despite its many bene...

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Autores principales:	Tena Žužek, Žiga Gosar, Janez Kušar, Tomaž Berlec
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	agile project management concurrent product development manufacturing SMEs Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0c6023a787fa4b8d826a4d971f902fa32021-11-11T19:46:25ZA New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach10.3390/su1321121592071-1050https://doaj.org/article/0c6023a787fa4b8d826a4d971f902fa32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12159https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050In order to survive in today’s highly competitive global market, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have had to transition from sequential to concurrent product development, which significantly shortens development cycles, reduces costs, and ensures high product quality. Despite its many benefits, concurrent product development is still based on detailed upfront planning and cannot address the challenges related to today’s ever-growing uncertainty, constantly changing environment, and unstable requirements. A potential solution to this problem could be in more flexible and value-driven agile project management (APM) approaches, typical of software development. In this paper, we propose a new product development model specifically appropriate for SMEs that combines concurrent product development principles with APM elements. It is designed as a loop of five repetitive steps (macroplan, microplan, iteration activities, review, and retrospective) that are being executed within individual concurrent development loops. The application of the model is presented on a real case example of process development and small batch manufacture of a complex wiring harness. The study reveals many benefits of the proposed model, such as improved communication, faster detection of discrepancies, more effective problem solving, and greater flexibility. A positive impact on project success is also observed.Tena ŽužekŽiga GosarJanez KušarTomaž BerlecMDPI AGarticleagile project managementconcurrent product developmentmanufacturingSMEsEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12159, p 12159 (2021)
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description	In order to survive in today’s highly competitive global market, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have had to transition from sequential to concurrent product development, which significantly shortens development cycles, reduces costs, and ensures high product quality. Despite its many benefits, concurrent product development is still based on detailed upfront planning and cannot address the challenges related to today’s ever-growing uncertainty, constantly changing environment, and unstable requirements. A potential solution to this problem could be in more flexible and value-driven agile project management (APM) approaches, typical of software development. In this paper, we propose a new product development model specifically appropriate for SMEs that combines concurrent product development principles with APM elements. It is designed as a loop of five repetitive steps (macroplan, microplan, iteration activities, review, and retrospective) that are being executed within individual concurrent development loops. The application of the model is presented on a real case example of process development and small batch manufacture of a complex wiring harness. The study reveals many benefits of the proposed model, such as improved communication, faster detection of discrepancies, more effective problem solving, and greater flexibility. A positive impact on project success is also observed.
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title	A New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach
title_short	A New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach
title_full	A New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach
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A New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach

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