Introducing Agility into the Processes of Manufacturing Companies: A Method for Evaluating Success, Support and Applicability

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Jonas Heimicke, Christiane Czech, Moritz Schoeck, Johannes Mueller, Simon Rapp, Albert Albers
Series: DESIGN
Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Section: Engineering Design Practice
Page(s): 2463-2472
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.249
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

Agile approaches are increasingly being used in appropriate use cases for the development of mechatronic systems.In the process of implementing agile elements in the development processes, the question of the success of the transformation often arises. In order to support the agile transition in measuring process improvement, a framework was developed that evaluates the success of the implementation process by means of interviews at 4 maturity levels in the transformation. The method was evaluated in 3 use cases. On this basis, continuous adaptations can be made to the implementation process.

Keywords: agile development, agility, evaluation, agile systems design, advanced systems engineering