Analyzing current challenges on scaled agile development of physical products

M Michalides, N Bursac, SJ Nicklas, S Weiss… - Procedia CIRP, 2023 - Elsevier
Agile development has successfully established itself for coping with VUCA conditions on a
team level. Furthermore, in developing cyber-physical systems or mechatronic products, the …

Comparison of existing agile approaches in the context of mechatronic system development: potentials and limits in implementation

J Heimicke, M Niever, V Zimmermann… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The development of mechatronic systems has always been characterized by continuous
handling of uncertainties. This challenge, which is associated with dynamic changes in the …

Expected vs. real effects of agile development of physical products: Apportioning the hype

TS Schmidt, S Weiss, K Paetzold - DS 92: Proceedings of the …, 2018 - designsociety.org
Agile development of physical products is on the rise. But can it live up to its promise? This
study investigates and opposes expected (reasons for adopting) and actual effects (real …

Teaching agile hardware development with an open‐source engineering simulator: An evaluation with industry participants

D Omidvarkarjan, M Hofelich, J Conrad… - Computer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Educational games are increasingly used to teach Agile development approaches to
practitioners. Most of these training modules simplify the development environment, for …

Guidance on application of agile in combined hardware and software development projects

J Drutchas, S Eppinger - Proceedings of the Design Society, 2022 - cambridge.org
Agile has its roots in software, improving the pace and quality of development projects. The
application of Agile to hardware is less mature, and anecdotal evidence suggests there are …

Hybridization of development projects through process-related combination of agile and plan-driven approaches

M Riesener, C Dölle, J Ays… - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In times of volatile markets and heterogeneous customer demands, it now seems inevitable
for the manufacturing industry to deal with iterative development cycles in order to maintain …

Customer-oriented product development: supporting the development of the complete vehicle through the systematic use of engineering generations

A Albers, F Haug, J Fahl, T Hirschter… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Industry trends such as Digitalization, Electric Mobility, Automated Driving and Connected
Car significantly increase the interactions of technical subsystems in complex, mechatronic …

Beyond Hard and Soft OR: operational research from a software engineering perspective

M Vidoni - Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper argues that current practice in the Operational Research (OR) discipline needs to
tackle management problems from a broader point of view by including a new perspective …

When worlds collide–A comparative analysis of issues impeding adoption of agile for hardware

M Peterson, J Summers - Proceedings of the Design Society, 2021 - cambridge.org
The objective of this paper is to explore challenges identified for implementation of scrum for
hardware development intersect with agile principles found in the literature. A series of …

Identification and Classification of Uncertainties as the Foundation of Agile Methods

M Pendzik, P Sembdner, K Paetzold - Proceedings of the Design …, 2023 - cambridge.org
To remain competitive, companies today are increasingly faced with the challenge of
reacting adequately in dynamic development environments. For product development, in …