Case Study of R&D Process Optimization of the Wall Tap

Authors

  • Chin-Chiuan Lin  Professor of Department of Business Administration, Kun Shan University, Taiwan, R.O.C
  • Huang-Pin Chan  Manager of R&D Department, I-S Limited Co., Taiwan, R.O.C
  • Chang-Jiang Lee  Associate Professor of Department of Business Administration, Kun Shan University, Taiwan, R.O.C
  • Yi-Chang Chen  Assistant Professor of Department of Business Administration, Kun Shan University, Taiwan, R.O.C

Keywords:

R&D process, Focus group, Scrum

Abstract

The R&D process of the new 3C products in addition to successful completed the customer demand for products and projects, but also must be fast and in timeliness. The present study employed focus group and Scrum methodology to optimize the process through improve the product design, manufacture plan, and patent avoidance within R&D activities. Results showed that the total development time of new product was reduced about 30% after introduced the optimize process.

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2016-10-30

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Volume 2, Issue 5, September-October-2016

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Chin-Chiuan Lin, Huang-Pin Chan, Chang-Jiang Lee, Yi-Chang Chen "Case Study of R&D Process Optimization of the Wall Tap" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.08-14, September-October-2016.