Chapter 1: Models for Products and Systems Integration

Title: Technology-mediated collaboration in product development teams: A case study

Author(s): Minseok Lee, Kukjin Kim, Eung Kang, Sehyun Kim

Address: Corporate Technology Operations, Samsung Electronics 416 Maetan-3Dong, Yountong-Gu, Suwon-City, Gyunggi-Do, South Korea | Corporate Technology Operations, Samsung Electronics 416 Maetan-3Dong, Yountong-Gu, Suwon-City, Gyunggi-Do, South Korea | Corporate Technology Operations, Samsung Electronics 416 Maetan-3Dong, Yountong-Gu, Suwon-City, Gyunggi-Do, South Korea | Corporate Technology Operations, Samsung Electronics 416 Maetan-3Dong, Yountong-Gu, Suwon-City, Gyunggi-Do, South Korea

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2008 pp. 22 - 29

Abstract/Summary: This paper presents a framework for realization of technologymediated collaboration for the success of electronics product development in virtual teams. Since there exist high task interdependencies within a product development team, proper information support regarding members' activities and shared objects is indispensable with timely manner. In order to satisfy such collaboration needs, both asynchronous and synchronous collaboration technologies (CT) have been incorporated with PLM Database in the framework to enhance communication, coordination, and cooperation among members of project team. A case study is provided to illustrate that the framework helps resolution of task interdependencies between industrial designers and mechanical engineers, which enables the team to reduce project lead time as well as the number of hard mock-ups for validating the product.

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