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Design by Prototyping: Increasing Agility in Mechatronic Product Design through Prototyping Sprints

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

C. A. Hansen ,
R. Arlitt ,
T. Eifler  and
M. Deininger
C. A. Hansen*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
R. Arlitt
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
T. Eifler
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
M. Deininger
Affiliation:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
*
cahan@mek.dtu.dk

Abstract

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This paper adapts the agile scrum sprint, typically used in software development, to a prototyping sprint for mechatronic product design. The Design by Prototyping framework describes how the prototyping sprint can be used to manage the prototyping process in design projects through an agile-stage-gate hybrid model. A comparison of 18 student projects using either prototyping sprints or a traditional iterative prototyping approach shows that prototyping sprints helped students make more deliberate, strategic decisions about their use of prototypes.

Keywords

prototypingagile developmentdesign processdesign models

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 201 - 210
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