Modelo e diretrizes para conduzir intervenções pontuais de reprojeto em produtos industriais

Abstract

There are a lot of products in the market. Due to the pressure for companies in developing solutions for their customers, product development cycles are been reduced. In this scenario, the redesign process is addressed in two manners: as part of the product development, changing the parameters established on the conceptual project when generating a new product in a short time; or as agent for repairing projects that require changes to implement the functions for which they were designed. In this second context, are common small interventions that have urgency to be introduced. Thus, they require a different approach from the traditional PDP. The aim of this dissertation is to present the development of a set of guidelines for conducting this type of redesign. For that, it was employed a theoretical-practical approach, merging the knowledge from references with the practice experienced by the author in a company that designs and manufactures farming equipments. As a result, a model for approaching particular redesign is proposed. This model involves a set of actions and a framework directed to the design team on the initial and final phases of redesign. To facilitate its usage, a tool based in Microsoft Excel was developed. The validation occurred through a controlled experiment with novice and experienced designers. The preliminary results indicate gain in the effectiveness of the redesign interventions, when using the proposed approach.