Dynamic planning portal for rapid product development

Rapid Product Development (RPD) is a holistic concept for an evolutionary product development. It is characterized by a target-oriented use of prototypes, an aimed use of rapid iteration cycles and the employment of self-organizing teams. A distinctive feature of product development projects that follow the RPD concept is a high coordination and communication effort. One target of a basic research project founded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the automotive industry is to design a dynamic planning portal for RPD based on a teamoriented project planning methodology. It provides to all managers and employees involved in a project an overview of the project status according to their individual role and task. Thus the access to relevant information for the planning of a project is considerably facilitated. Dynarnic planning portals for RPD can contribute to the reduction of coordination costs and the acceleration of projects.