Context: Knowledge transfer plays an important role in digital Service Creation Projects
where information should flow through service design, Agile UX, and software …

Based on a detailed case study on change and customisation to existing products in the
aerospace industry, this paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the problems and …

Early efforts injected into design can improve design quality and reduce errors in
deliverables, project costs, and negative iterations. Previous studies only focused on …

The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry delivers increasingly
complex projects but struggles to leverage information technology to facilitate …

This work assesses the impact of blockchain and smart contracts on the visibility of
construction supply chain and in the context of payments (intersection of cash and product …

Manufacturers of interactive medical devices, such as infusion pumps, need to ensure that
devices minimise the risk of unintended harm during use. However, development teams face …

Achieving smooth and continual flow of information among teams of independent designers
is one of the central difficulties in detailed design of complex civil engineering projects. Lean …

Waste in engineering design has many facets, from partial utilization of the solution space, to
wasteful management of design resources, and creation of erroneous and ineffective design …

Lean Construction recommends concurrent development of product and process by bringing
Last Planners into the design phase. While this approach offers opportunities to reduce …

Designing complex products, such as jet engines, cars or certain types of software,
necessitates the coordination of activities of many participants during the design process …