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Modular Product Design: Creating “Technologically Separable Interfaces” (1998)
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@MISC{Foss98modularproduct,
author = {Kirsten Foss},
title = {Modular Product Design: Creating “Technologically Separable Interfaces”},
year = {1998}
}
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Abstract
This paper discus the relationship between a physical product design and the definition of tasks in integral and modular product development strategies. It is argued that there are different criteria for defining tasks depending on the types of advantages of specialization one tries to realize. Moreover, task definition is also influenced by the costs of coordinating tasks. The physical product design strongly influences the trade-off between benefits of specialization and costs of coordination. This paper represents work in progress and is still very preliminary. Comments from The primary theme of this paper is to discuss the relation between the physical product design and the definition and organization of product development tasks. Tasks delimit in a more or less precise way the activities carried out by one individual from those activities that are carried out by another individual 1. The
