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Using product profiles for retrospective case studies in SGE – system generation engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Felix Pfaff ,
Michael Schlegel ,
Thomas Alexander Völk ,
Karl Thomas Reinheckel  and
Albert Albers
Felix Pfaff*
Affiliation:
IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Michael Schlegel
Affiliation:
IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Thomas Alexander Völk
Affiliation:
IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Karl Thomas Reinheckel
Affiliation:
IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Albert Albers
Affiliation:
IPEK - Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
*
felix.pfaff@kit.edu

Abstract

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Supporting product developers in innovating is an important task of design research. An invention and a valid need situation described through a product profile are necessary elements of innovation. But how can we derive recommendations on how to develop “innovative” products if the success of a product can only be measured retrospectively? Retrospective case studies are one approach to investigate relationships between context factors, variations in systems and product profiles, and innovation success. To investigate these, we use product profiles in case studies across system generations.

Keywords

design researchinnovationcase studyproduct development

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Type
Systems Engineering and Design
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 2695 - 2704
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