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APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TARGET PROCESS MODULE SETS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Albert Albers ,
Miriam Wilmsen  and
Kilian Gericke
Albert Albers
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology;
Miriam Wilmsen*
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology;
Kilian Gericke
Affiliation:
University of Rostock
*
Wilmsen, Miriam, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), IPEK Institute of Product Engineering, Germany, miriam.wilmsen@partner.kit.edu

Abstract

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The implementation of agile frameworks, such as SAFe, in large companies causes conflicts between the overall product development process with a rigid linkage to the calendar cycles and the continuous agile project planning. To resolve these conflicts, adaptive processes can be used to support the creation of realistic target-processes, i.e. project plans, while stabilizing process quality and simplifying process management. This enables the usage of standardisation methods and module sets for design processes.

The objective of this contribution is to support project managers to create realistic target-processes through the usage of target-process module sets. These target-process module sets also aim to stabilize process quality and to simplify process management. This contribution provides an approach for the development and application of target-process module sets, in accordance to previously gathered requirements and evaluates the approach within a case study with project managers at AUDI AG (N=21) and an interview study with process authors (N=4) from three different companies.

Keywords

Design processDesign practiceCase studyProject managementModular process
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 531 - 540
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