Managing Speed in Companies Developing Large-Scale Embedded Systems

Paper i proceeding, 2013

An open issue is how to reach quickness and responsiveness in addressing customer needs within large-scale embedded system product development, where the processes are bound to the physical product development. Speed is a key quality that needs particular attention. We are developing a framework to understand what kinds of speed are important, what factors are determining them, what are the visible effects and what is possible to improve in order to reach speed related business goals.