Due to the competitiveness in the job shop nature of the metalworking industry, project
management plays an important role in improving performance, efficiently and effectively …

Hardware developers started experimenting with Scrum to accelerate their product
development. However, it is not possible to implement Scrum in the same way as it was …

Design effort, the amount of time required to complete a project or task (Salam et al., 2009;
Salam and Bhuiyan, 2016), is a required resource for any design project which can be …

The quick and accurate estimation of design effort can be make or break for all but the
largest of product design consultancies. Traditional design project planning see designers …

Design effort is a key resource for product design projects. Environments where design effort
is scarce, and therefore valuable, include hackathons and other time-limited design …

Product design is an uncertain, complex activity that is difficult to predict, being influenced by
many factors. Understanding how these factors behave can provide great insight and value …

This paper investigates the usefulness of the machine learning methods to predict the
design effort of jigs and fixtures used in the aviation industry. Reaching the best possible …

This thesis examines the feasibility of machine learning models to estimate the
(engineering) costs for a versatile manufacturing company (VMC). To deal with the speed …

This case study explored and analyzed cultural diversity's impact in the workplace and in the
overall performance of multicultural or multinational organizations in Richmond, Virginia …