VIRTUAL CONTEXTUAL VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

VIRTUAL CONTEXTUAL VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

Despite significant validation and even qualification efforts, complex industrial product development projects frequently struggle with difficulties in integrating new technologies. A recent example, the introduction of new battery technologies in the Boeing 787 aircraft caused un-desired problems for the manufacturer and drove new practices (Williard et al 2013). The effort and cost of validating and verifying new technologies in aerospace typically require building and introducing the technology into advanced physical products, where time and cost are high even before product development starts. Therefore, advanced validation programs usually focus on one concept in detail, rather than exploring many different options. The sub sequent business driven product development will then apply the technology in products that deviate from the context wherein they have been validated. Similar arguments apply also for new development methods, which need to be validated prior to the implementation and use in order to avoid risk and extra work.

KEYWORDS

virtual demonstration, functional modeling, value driven design

CITATION

Ola, I., Bertoni, A., Levandowski, C., Muller, J., Wiklund, D. et al. (2016) VIRTUAL CONTEXTUAL VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. In: 14th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia

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