20.500.12556/RUL-132861 A new product development model for SMEs introducing agility to the plan-driven concurrent product development approach In order to survive in today's highly competitive global market, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have had to transition from sequential to concurrent product development, which significantly shortens development cycles, reduces costs, and ensures high product quality. Despite its many benefits, concurrent product development is still based on detailed upfront planning and cannot address the challenges related to today's ever-growing uncertainty, constantly changing environment, and unstable requirements. A potential solution to this problem could be in more flexible and value-driven agile project management (APM) approaches, typical of software development. In this paper, we propose a new product development model specifically appropriate for SMEs that combines concurrent product development principles with APM elements. It is designed as a loop of five repetitive steps (macroplan, microplan, iteration activities, review, and retrospective) that are being executed within individual concurrent development loops. The application of the model is presented on a real case example of process development and small batch manufacture of a complex wiring harness. The study reveals many benefits of the proposed model, such as improved communication, faster detection of discrepancies, more effective problem solving, and greater flexibility. A positive impact on project success is also observed. agile project management concurrent product development manufacturing SMEs agilno projektno vodenje sočasni razvoj izdelka proizvodnja MSP true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-11-05 11:58:06 2021-11-05 11:58:08 2022-09-12 04:14:05 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 22 str. iss. 21, art. 12159 Vol. 13 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 658.5 2071-1050 10.3390/su132112159 83710979 RAZ_Zuzek_Tena_2021.pdf RAZ_Zuzek_Tena_2021.pdf 1 7773ABE2248442DE5F734514A9F50457 4b22f5dac9941b8ec1f4c7b13bb255e383e1ab5e2eb5816615f7d71ad6042143 2c437bce-3e2a-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150600 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12159 1 36bc12fc-3e27-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150599 Fakulteta za strojništvo 0 0 0