A Unified Innovation Process Model for Engineering Designers and Managers

Philipp Skogstad () and Larry Leifer ()
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Philipp Skogstad: Stanford University
Larry Leifer: Stanford University

A chapter in Design Thinking, 2011, pp 19-43 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract An innovation process model, which includes the tasks of engineering designers and managers, is presented based on evidence collected from research in an engineering design curriculum. This research shows that engineering designers develop innovative breakthroughs in an evolutionary manner through insights gained during experimentation, and that these insights cannot be predicted. However, managers, experts, or other reviewers often prevent experimentation for fear of resource waste and demand predictability. This leads to conflict and can preclude progress in the worst case. The proposed model shows how the two groups interact and succeed and recommendations are provided for engineering designers and mangers.

Keywords: Design Process; Design Team; Teaching Team; Feedback Pathway; Wheel Design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13757-0_2

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