Modern Design Methodologies and the Development of Mechatronic Products

TL;DR

This paper reviews modern design methodologies like Design Thinking, Concurrent Engineering, and Agilism, highlighting their integration in the development of complex mechatronic products to enhance creativity and adaptability.

Contribution

It introduces an integrated approach combining Design Thinking, Concurrent Engineering, and Agilism for more effective mechatronic product development.

Findings

Design Thinking enhances early-stage creativity.

Concurrent Engineering and Agilism improve handling of emerging requirements.

Integrated methodologies streamline complex product development.

Abstract

This article presents a quick view on the development of mechatronic products and how the techniques of Design Thinking, Concurrent Engineering and Agilism can be integrated to address this development. Design Thinking is employed in the early stages in order to better explore creativity, whereas Concurrent Engineering and Agilism are applied during the development of the product, in order to deal with emerging requirements, typical of the development of complex products.