conceptualisation of an oshw collaboration
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Conceptualization of an Open Source Hardware collaboration platform
Creating a concept for a web-based collaboration platform that support community-based development of complex tangible objects
Author André Hansen s053952 [email protected] Supervisor Thomas Howard [email protected]
20 December 2012
DTU Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Agenda
• Approach
• Research findings
– OSHW Communities
– Existing industry tools
• Conceptualization
– Approach
• Core functionality
– Interface Diagram (IFD)
– Apps – link
– The Challenge
– The Playground
• Conclusions
2 20 December 2012
André Hansen s053952
DTU Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Approach
André Hansen s053952
3 20 December 2012
Research: Current situation
OSHW communities
Industry tools
Conceptualization: Future
PDM
Social Project Management
Crowdsourcing
Web 2.0
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Research: Current Situation
• Open Source Hardware Communities
André Hansen s053952
4 20 December 2012
“The RepRap wiki is useless “ “However, knowing HOW to watch can be challenging”
Blog
Wiki
Design repository
Forum Chat
Website
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5 20 December 2012
Research: Current Situation
• Open Source Hardware Communities
High cost of integrating designs
Difficult to find documentation
Little overview of existing design
Processes are not transparent
Inefficient collaboration Do not benefit from being open source
– the communities do not truly collaborate on partial designs
DTU Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark André Hansen s053952
6 20 December 2012
Research: Current Situation
• Existing Industry Tools
Product data Management
How is it done in the industry?
Document Management
Product Structure Management
Process Automation
Project Management
Crowdsourcing
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Posing challenges -> concrete task, easy to engage in
Well defined step-by-step process -> overview allowing user moderation
Interface Management
Some main objectives of the IFD • Acting as a vehicle for communication • To support a modularization process • To form basis for a PLM (PDM) data structure (Brunn & Mortensen, 2011)
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Conceptualization: Future Situation
• Approach
André Hansen s053952
7 20 December 2012
Product Idea
Generating solutions
Detailing the concept
Case Study and use scenarios
UI mock-up and UML
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Core functionality
• The Interface Diagram
• Apps (document structure)
• The Challenge
• The Playground
André Hansen s053952
8 20 December 2012
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Core functionality
André Hansen s053952
9 20 December 2012
Why Communities do not collaborate on partial designs
What It should lower the cost of integrating designs and allow concurrent collaboration
How It communicates and allow control of product structures
Difficult to find and validate documentation
It should create visual overview of documentation
Structure documentation according to both a category and product structure
Processes are not transparent
Communicate clear tasks for the community to engage in
Pose challenges guided by a well defined step-by-step process
Little overview and validation of existing designs
Create a hub and boundaries for existing designs
“collect” related designs in a standardized form that make them easy to search and crowd moderate
IFD
Apps
Challenge
Playground
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The Interface Diagram (IFD)
André Hansen s053952
10 20 December 2012
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The Interface Diagram (IFD)
André Hansen s053952
11 20 December 2012
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The Interface Diagram (IFD)
André Hansen s053952
12 20 December 2012
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The App – Documentation Structure
André Hansen s053952
13 20 December 2012
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14 20 December 2012
The Challenge
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15 20 December 2012
The Challenge
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André Hansen s053952
16 20 December 2012
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The Playground
André Hansen s053952
17 20 December 2012
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The Playground
André Hansen s053952
18 20 December 2012
Simplified network structure of OSHW communities (hub & spoke)
Core team projects (Organizations)
Hobby projects (playground projects)
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19 20 December 2012
Overview
product Structure (Modularization)
documentation (Find information)
how to contribute and of contributions (find the best ideas)
existing designs (Find the best design)
Summing up
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Conclusions
André Hansen s053952
20 20 December 2012
Research: Current situation
OSHW communities
Industry tools
Conceptualization: Future
Identified challenges
Found solutions to meet the challenges