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Digital Technology and the Variation in Design Routines: A Sequence Analysis of Four Design Processes

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We advance a theory of design process variation across organizational types and the effects of digitalization on these processes. We argue that design routines are subject to greater variation within and between organizations as organizations embed increasingly rich repertoires of digital capabilities in their design activities. Using a sequence analysis method we compare design process variation in four organizations to examine how design routines vary due to differences in embedded digital capabilities and organization of the design process. Our analysis reveals new insights on the effects organizational context and digitalization have on design routine composition.

Source: ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University)

Authors: James Gaskin, B. Veeresh Thummadi, Kalle Lyytinen, Youngjin Yoo

Institutions: Case Western Reserve University, Temple University

Language: English

Topic: Design Education and Practice

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

Awards: VOSS-Collaborative Research: Virtualization of Work Capabilities in Project-Based Design Organizations, Collaborative Research: Virtualization of Work Capabilities in Project-Based Design Organizations

OpenAlex ID: W222318206