“Agile work methods can be a great help to us, especially at the innovation and advance development stage,” explains Dr. Henning Hayn in our interview. Glancing across to the cartoon-style picture on the wall of his office at Research & Development illustrating the various phases of agile advance development, he clearly indicates what he and his team are aiming for: If I know exactly what I’m after when I’m working on new products, I can achieve my goal without losing valuable time along the way. “And that’s not always the case in the early stages of product development,” Hayn adds. “That’s why it’s important, especially in advance development, for us as a team to employ agile work methods so that we can react immediately when things don’t run smoothly.“
Accordingly, the team must keep its sights firmly on the goals of each sprint: “First of all, we have to develop our products to meet customer demands. Only then will we be able to sell them.” The second challenge concerns allowing modifications to be made during the development process so that the best possible result is ultimately achieved for the customer – in other words, the new features and digital connectivity they require, for example.
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