Closing the gap between design, Engineering and Marketing in the Product Development Process through an Innovation Tool and Design Liaison Coach that Stimulate Team Communication and Creativity

Objective

The aim is to improve the team communication and creativity in multidisciplinary processes in several companies, between designers, marketers and engineers to stimulate synergies among them. These synergies will lead to a better understanding between these disciplines and therefore better-designed new products and services, with improved commercial success. An important role is foreseen for the project development manager who is the link between the project an upper management (board level) of a participating enterprise. Due to the shift of the task of the project leader from organisation to communication, his role will change from a participating foreman to a coach. An innovative tool will stimulate a permanent learning environment for all participating enterprises between multiple disciplines. DEGAP allows to store, exchange and retrieve know-how on a context basis, bringing transparency into the justifications of the development processes.

Programme(s)

• FP5-INNOVATION-SME - Research, technological development and demonstration programme which aims to promote innovation and encourage the participation of small and medium sized enterprises, 1998-2002

Coordinator

EUROPEAN DESIGN CENTRE (EDC)

Address

Emmasingel 15
Eindhoven
Netherlands

Participants (10)

ASSOCIACÃO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS TELECOMUNICACÕES E TECNICAS DE INFORMATICA (ADETTI)

Portugal

Address

Edificio Iscte, Avenida Das Forças Armadas
Lisboa

FUNDACIO BCD PER A LA PROMOCIO DEL DISSENY INDUSTRIAL (BCD)

Spain

Address

Avda Diagonal 452
Barcelona

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung eV (FhG)

Germany

Address

Leonrodstraße 54
80636 München

INVENIO GMBH ENGINEERING SERVICES

Germany

Address

Eisenstrasse 9
Ruesselsheim

J. LLUSCA Y ASOCIADOS SL

Spain

Address

Marmellà , 4-6 Baixos
Barcelona

NOA GBR

Germany

Address

Bismarckstrasse 106
Aachen

ONLY

Netherlands

Address

Olympisch Stadion 10
Amterdam

STICHTING DESIGNLINK (D.L)

Netherlands

Address

1000 AT Amsterdam

TECNIMOPLAS, INDUSTRIA TECNICA DE MOLDES, LDA (TECNI)

Portugal

Address

Estrada De Leiria Embra, Apartad 0 107
Marinha Grande

WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION (WUT)

Poland

Address

Wyspoanskiego 27
Wroclaw