Requirements, Objectives, Both, or Neither: How to Formulate Complex Design Problems for Innovation Contests
Ademir-Paolo Vrolijk,
Zoe Szajnfarber
Abstract:Technical organizations increasingly rely on innovation contests to find novel ideas for designing complex systems. These activities involve outsiders in the early stages of the design process, potentially leading to ground-breaking designs that surpass expectations. Here, the contest's rules document plays a crucial role: this design artifact communicates the organization's problem and the desired system performance to the participants—significantly impacting the resulting solutions. However, the contest's na… Show more
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