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Experimental on-line platform for product conceptual design: OpenDesigNet
Plataforma experimental para el diseño conceptual de productos OpenDesigNet
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https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v33n3.41047Keywords:
product engineering, Web 2.0, collaborative environments, product design, Open Source (en)ingeniería de producto, Web. 2.0, entornos colaborativos, diseño del producto, Open Source (es)
This paper highlights the need for using specialised on-line collaborative environments by designers and product engineers who increasingly use Web 2.0 technology to search for information. Although there are professional channels and networks, there is no specific platform which helps during a new product's conceptualisation phase. Open communication must thus be promoted and encouraged amongst design professionals and companies to form working groups thereby allowing them to work collaboratively in the most open and creative phase of product design, i.e. conceptualisation. The OpenDesigNet (ODN) experimental platform has been developed so that designers and small- or medium-sized companies (SMC) can access on-line collaborative tools to support the creation and promotion of new on-line products and assess their immediate social impact. This article presents some of the results obtained during the validation phase involving a platform satisfaction survey of design engineering students and has led to a first-hand assessment of the new platform's potential impact on their professional future.
Este artículo muestra la necesidad futura del uso de entornos colaborativos, especializados en la red para los diseñadores e ingenieros del producto, que cada vez más, utilizan las tecnologías Web 2.0 para la búsqueda de información. De hecho, aunque existen canales o redes profesionales de carácter general, no existe una plataforma específica que les ayude en la fase de conceptualización de un nuevo producto. Por lo tanto, se hace necesario promocionar y fomentar la comunicación abierta entre los profesionales del diseño y las empresas, para formar así, grupos afines que permitan trabajar de manera colaborativa durante la fase más abierta y creativa de un producto: la conceptualización. La plataforma experimental OpenDesigNet ODN ha sido desarrollada para que las PYMES y los diseñadores dispongan de herramientas colaborativas on-line de apoyo, que generen la creación y promoción de nuevos productos en la red, evaluando su impacto inmediato a nivel social. El artículo muestra parte de los resultados obtenidos en la fase de validación, que se realizó mediante una encuesta de satisfacción sobre la plataforma en estudiantes de Ingeniería y de Diseño, que ha permitido evaluar de primera mano el posible impacto de la nueva plataforma en su futuro profesional.
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