Guidelines for agile concurrent product development in SMEs

Žužek, Tena (author), Kušar, Janez (author), Berlec, Tomaž (author)

Constantly changing project environment and a new paradigm shift to a more human-centred and sustainable Industry 5.0 has also brought about a need for a new project management style. Over the last decades, more flexible and people-oriented agile project management (APM) approaches have emerged. Due to its many benefits, APM has already become a mainstream in software industry, and is now increasingly being transferred to other industry sectors. In this paper, we present some basic guidelines for manufacturing SMEs on how to increase their agility without having to undergo a complete agile transformation that requires high financial and non-financial resources. The guidelines are based on three key pillars: concurrent product development, APM, and modern technologies, and are focused on achieving both high project efficiency and stakeholders' satisfaction.

• Language: English
• Keywords: agile project management, product development, concurrent manufacturing, SMEs
• Work type: Other
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 233-238
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132869
• UDC: 658.5
• COBISS.SI-ID: 83774467
• Publication date in RUL: 05.11.2021

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: SOR '21 proceedings : the 16th International Symposium on Operational Research in Slovenia
• Editors: Samo Drobne, Lidija Zadnik Stirn, Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar, Janez Povh, Janez Žerovnik
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: Slovenian Society Informatika, Section for Operational Research
• Year: 2021
• ISBN: 978-961-6165-57-0
• COBISS.SI-ID: 75727107

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: agilno projektno vodenje, razvoj izdelka, sočasni inženiring, MSP

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0270
• Name: Proizvodni sistemi, laserske tehnologije in spajanje materialov

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Project number: 1000-15-0510