Use of project models for efficient and effective product innovation in global industrial companies

Purpose and goal

Factors that affect how companies with global organizations make sure that their project models are accepted, implemented, and used in the entire organization have been identified through empirical and literature studies. This was the purpose and goal of the project and hence these have been fulfilled.

Results and expected effects

The project resulted in a collection and comparison between state-of-art and state-of-practice (as represented by the companies collective experiences) that can be used as a check list for the companies regarding what should be considered to ensure that the project model is implemented and used. The project has produced a paper that is intended to be presented at a scientific conference so the results will be spread to a broader audience. The results will also be used in the teaching at the School of Engineering, Jönköping university.

Approach and implementation

The short project lead-time called for some adjustments of the research method. The primary method was the use of workshops where representatives from the five involved companies discussed the issue addressed in the project. The workshops were complemented with a number of in-depth interviews. The literature study was carried out as planned. The comparative analysis between theory and practice was done according to plan.