TY - JOUR T1 - Enabling Rapid Product Development through Improved Verification and Validation Processes JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Antti Perttula A1 - Joni Kukkamäki KW - agile KW - requirements KW - set-based design KW - validation KW - Verification AB - Fierce competition in consumer electronics market has raised a lot of challenges for product development. Products now must enter to the market as fast as possible. The verification and validation (V&V) process is normally the most resource-demanding activity in product development (PD), and thus also has huge potential for improvement. The V&V process is traditionally executed near the end of the development process, and is one of the most critical activities because it identifies design errors. Error correction for a nearly complete product is often difficult and therefore can cause unexpected delays in product delivery. Performing V&V activities in early phases of the PD process and utilising V&V methods other than testing has proven to be a good approach to reduce risks associated with taking a long time to reach the market. However, V&V can only be carried out when verifiable requirements exist. This paper focuses on the importance of moving V&V activities to each phase of PD by defining the requirements for components and modules. In addition, we explore how some of product-level requirements can be verified before a product has been integrated, and explain the difference between definitions of verification and validation requirements. Finally, we present the idea of changing the focus of verification activities from being set-based in the early phase of development, to being point-based when the product is close to completion. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1334 IS - 3 U1 - TAMK Dr. Antti Perttula is Principal Lecturer of Systems Engineering and Head of Aircraft Engineering Education at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK). In 2019, he was a Visiting Professor at the München University of Applied Sciences. Before academia, Perttula held several senior management positions in R&D organisations in the industry, military and civil aviation. Currently, Perttula works in rapid PD and in drone technology, including autonomous flying. He has worked in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. U2 - HAMK Joni Kukkamäki acts as a Research Manager in the HAMK Smart Research Unit. He runs the Digital Solutions and Platforms team whose role is to provide technology-based research and development activities for the needs of HAMK research and industry. Focus areas for the team are software development, the Internet of Things, Game Engines and data analytics. Kukkamäki is a Bachelor of Business Administration (IT) graduate and is currently running his MSc (Computer Science) at Tampere University. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Innovation Management in Living Lab Projects: The Innovatrix Framework JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Dimitri Schuurman A1 - Aron-Levi Herregodts A1 - Annabel Georges A1 - Olivier Rits KW - assumption KW - business modelling KW - Innovation management KW - living labs KW - testing KW - user research KW - validation AB - Despite living labs being described as “orchestrators” and innovation intermediaries, there is scant literature providing concrete guidelines and tools for living lab practitioners on the topic of project-related innovation management. To address this need, we propose Innovatrix, an innovation management framework built upon existing business model and innovation management tools and frameworks and iterated based on practical experience in living lab projects. In this article, we illustrate the added value of the proposed framework through three practical case studies that lead to three propositions regarding innovation management in living lab projects. First, Innovatrix helps to scope the user involvement activities, which leads to greater efficiency and faster decision making. Second, Innovatrix forces the project owner to focus on a limited number of customer segments, which increases the speed of learning as the scarce entrepreneurial resources are dedicated to a limited number of segments. Third, Innovatrix allows practitioners to capture the iterations and pivots that were made during an innovation project, which helps to link specific outcomes with certain living lab activities. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1225 IS - 3 U1 - imec.livinglabs Dimitri Schuurman is the Team Lead of the Business model and User Research Team at imec.livinglabs. He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from Ghent University in Belgium. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific living lab offering targeted at entrepreneurs in which he has managed over 100 innovation projects. He is also active in the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and in the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as a living labs specialist. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation, and innovation management. U2 - imec.livinglabs Aron-Levi Herregodts is an Innovation Manager at imec.livinglabs. He holds Master’s degrees in Communication Sciences (2013) and Complementary Business Economics (2014). He is the imec.livinglabs product owner of Innovatrix and applies this methodological approach on a day-to-day basis to a wide-variety of innovation projects. U3 - imec.livinglabs Annabel Georges is an Innovation Manager at imec.livinglabs. Within this “living-lab-as-a-service” she conducts user research to structurally support innovation development for SMEs. Next to this, she is also involved in several smart city projects. Her main research topics are drop-out and user engagement within field tests and working on the processes of current living lab practices. Annabel holds a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences with a specialization in New Media and Society from Ghent University. U4 - imec.livinglabs Olivier Rits is Program Manager at imec.livinglabs. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Physics (Engineering) from Ghent University in Belgium. Previously, Olivier worked as a business developer for Alcatel-Lucent, where he was involved with many different technologies, and for the research group SMIT, where he was responsible for the business modelling practice in the context of SME living lab innovation projects. ER -