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ASSESSING THE FUTURE: METHODS AND CRITERIA

Part of: Design Organisation and Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

I. Gräßler ,
H. Thiele  and
P. Scholle
I. Gräßler
Affiliation:
Paderborn University, Germany
H. Thiele*
Affiliation:
Paderborn University, Germany
P. Scholle
Affiliation:
Paderborn University, Germany
*
*henrik.thiele@hni.upb.de

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As time-to-market is getting shorter, customer needs have to be identified as early as possible in product development. Correctly applied, corporate foresight can give a glimpse into the future to anticipate such needs and thus gain a competitive advantage. A support tool to choose the appropriate method of foresight is not available yet. Thus, a literature study on foresight methods in industry is performed and a novel decision support tool is proposed which avoids high entrepreneurial risks. Based on the findings, potentials for future work are identified for different types of methods.

Keywords

empirical studiesdesign support systemdecision makingforesightdecision support tool

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Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference , Volume 1 , May 2020 , pp. 569 - 576
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