Changeability: Unfolding a Method for Learning and Designing in a Fast Paced Market

Nis Ovesen

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Abstract

This paper addresses the discussion about how designers and design educations should consider the challenges of increasingly faster and unpredictably changing markets. By looking into the domains of software and web development, burdened with similar challenges of changing environments, the procedures of Agile Development are identified as a possible solution to the problem. The paper unfolds procedures of Agile Development in an attempt to utilise them as tools in the Industrial Design education. Furthermore, a set of learning structures from Cooperative Learning are proposed as a feasible way of introducing concepts of Agile Development in the curriculum of the design educations and how to evaluate these activities is discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWhen Design Education and Design Research Meet : Proceedings of the 12th international conference on engineering and product design education, E&PDE 2010
EditorsCasper Boks, William Ion, Chris McMahon, Brian Parkinson
Volume12
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
PublisherDesign Society
Publication dateSept 2010
Edition1
Pages126-131
Chapter4
ISBN (Print)978-1-904670-19-3
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2010
EventThe 12th international conference on engineering and product design education - Trondheim, Norway
Duration: 2 Sept 20103 Sept 2010

Conference

ConferenceThe 12th international conference on engineering and product design education
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityTrondheim
Period02/09/201003/09/2010

Keywords

  • Industrial design
  • agile development
  • change
  • cooperative learning
  • design education

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