Agile Design Methods: Enhancing Innovation in Industrial Product and Production Development
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Supply Chain Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 129
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human–machine systems; industrial design engineering; operations management; industrial product realization; resilience engineering; sustainable development; agile and reconfigurable production systems; dynamic change management
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Dear Colleagues,
The increasing need for sustainable practices causes adaption and often radical changes in industrial product and production development. With their dynamic and iterative approach, agile design methods offer a crucial framework for achieving this transformation. By embracing short development cycles, constant feedback, and rapid adaptation, these agile methods enable the creation of products and production systems that are not only innovative but also sustainable and resilient. This approach fosters flexibility and responsiveness, allowing developers to adjust their products in a short time to meet user needs and market demands, which is particularly crucial in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape. Agile methods facilitate user-centered design through incremental development and continuous user feedback, ensuring products are intuitive, useful, and relevant. Furthermore, by integrating usability and applied ergonomics, agile design enhances user safety, comfort, and overall product performance. Incorporating tools like computational simulation and modeling allows for efficient testing and optimization within agile design's rapid development cycles. Decision support systems aid in informed decision making throughout the product development process, while prototyping and testing enable the rapid evaluation of new ideas and features. Finally, optimization models contribute to improving the efficiency of both design and production processes. This integrated approach, combining agile principles with a focus on sustainability and human-centered design, is essential for addressing the complex challenges of our time and creating innovative solutions for a more sustainable future.
Dr. Denis A. Coelho
Dr. Miguel Lourenço
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agile design methods
- product development
- production systems
- sustainability
- user-centered design
- human–technology–organization approach
- computational simulation
- optimization models
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