D3.4 Report on in-depth monitoring
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: INDUSAC project is supporting 300 co-creation projects. Each co-creation team (3-6 student and research members) is solving a challenge of a particular company within 4-8 weeks. The Mentoring Committee oversaw carrying out a quick monitoring of the selected projects to facilitate the co-creation process and to identify any potential improvements needed for the methodology, including the platform. This is the final version of the D3.4 Report on in-depth monitoring. It incorporates the key findings and suggestions from all monitored projects. The Mentoring Committee checked on the progress of the co-creation projects from different rounds and verified whether they were being carried out as specified in the INDUSAC Call for Companies and the INDUSAC Call for Students and Researchers and agreed between the company and the co-creation team. The Mentoring Committee also checked and advised on elements such as clarity of guidelines, adherence to deadlines, timely delivery of results, and communication between the company and the co-creation team. The Mentoring Committee followed the To-Do lists for co-creation teams, corresponding to individual PCA types of the Challenges, that lead the teams through the process of co-creation and helped the Mentoring Committee check the status of a specific activity and insert potential comments / record the progression of major milestones and any problems that may occur over the co-creation project period. Each co-creation project was closely monitored by two members of the mentoring committee. For each monitored project, the Mentoring Committee completed a separate Monitoring Form. In the monitoring process within the first round, the Mentoring Committee selected all 13 projects that started within the framework of INDUSAC, except for three whose completion was expected in mid-June 2024. Within the second round (cut-off for submitting motivation letters on 18 June 2024), the Mentoring Committee selected 7 projects that were completed in the end of September 2024. Finally, as a part of the third round (cut-off for submitting motivation letters on 30 October 2024 and 30 November 2024), the Mentoring Committee selected 10 projects that were completed mainly in January 2025. Based on the feedback provided by the co-creation teams and the companies, and the observations of the Mentoring Committee, improvements of the INDUSAC processes, methodology, and the platform were suggested to increase the effectiveness of co-creation teams, maximise the team members' involvement, and increase the success of the collaborations. The Mentoring Committee altogether monitored 30 co-creation projects. The final version of the D3.4 Report on in-depth monitoring was submitted in February 2025 (M30).
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7128535151