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El presente trabajo tiene como finalidad realizar una propuesta de aplicación del marco de trabajo SAFe (scaled agile framework) en una organización con estructuras jerárquicas rígidas y entornos entrelazados de desarrollo de hardware y software con aplicación en proyectos en cascada en el sector de la automoción. Para ello, se ha realizado una búsqueda bibliografía metódica tanto en bases de datos de referencia como Scopus, Web of Science, PMI y en web de referencia como Agileforhardware.com y scaledagileframework.com. Dando a través de esta investigación sistemática forma a propuestas de una aplicación de una integración de un equipo de desarrollo de vehículo conectado de una marca en una red de equipos de desarrollo de software que ya utilizan SAFe como método de escalación nivel consorcial y, por otro lado, a la agilización de un equipo de desarrollo de Package eléctrico y electrónico focalizando las dos propuestas a través del flujo de valor, de forma que encuentren sinergias para ser escaladas a nivel marca utilizando SAFe si así se requiriese. Esto se consigue mediante de la realización de sinergias de las dos propuestas con el modelo organizacional hipertexto que sirve con pequeñas adaptaciones en la frecuencia de entrada el estrato de conocimiento como soporte para la sinergia futura de ambas propuestas.. The aim of this paper is to develop a proposal in order to applicate the SAFe framework (scaled agile framework) into an organization with rigid hierarchical structures and hardware and software development environments for cascade projects of cars, obviously, in the automotive sector. To achieve that aim, it was carried out a methodical bibliographic research in different reference databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, PMI and in reference websites such as Agileforhardware.com and scaledagileframework.com. Developing through this systematic research two proposals. The first one, the integration of a brand's connected vehicle development team in a network of software development teams which it's already applying SAFe as a scaling method at group level and, on the other hand, a proposal to implement an agile approach on an electrical and electronic Package development team, which develops develop basically hard ward, focusing both proposals on the value stream, so that they find synergies to be scaled at the brand level using SAFe if required. This is possible due to the found synergies among both proposals with the hypertext organizational model from Nanoka that serves with some small changes on the frequency the team move themself to the knowledge layer as a support framework for a future synergy of both proposals in a SAFe context..

Agile is on the rise. The popular software development practice is making its way over to hardware development and companies are adopting it to reap the benefits. This phenomenon has been investigated to some degree and many companies are still trying to figure out if it is a useful way of working for them or not. At the Swedish MedTech company, Elekta, mechanical designers and engineers believe that hardware prototyping could be done better and faster than today. Elekta made an agile transformation to SAFe, which stands for Scaled Agile Framework, a few years ago and the hardware development struggle to match the speed of the development of software. Not much literature is aimed at agile hardware prototyping in particular. In the pursuit of adapting agile hardware development literature particularly to the prototyping process and investigating the actual process at the company, the case study presented in this report was formed. First, to explore the topic, a pre-study of orienting interviews was conducted and was complemented by a literature review. These then made up the basis for a qualitative interview study that consisted of semi-structured interviews with 12 employees at Elekta, as well as 5 employees at 5 other companies for benchmarking. The goals of this thesis project were to make recommendations to Elekta on how to adapt their prototyping process to better fit agile, as well as contribute to the relatively unexplored field of agile hardware prototyping. The case study resulted in a number of identified obstacles and enablers a company might have when implementing agile frameworks for hardware prototyping. Some of the obstacles identified were the difficulty of planning and dividing hardware in smaller tasks, not having in-house production and the difficulty to adapt to an agile mindset and focusing too much on the process of SAFe. Some of the enablers found were modularity, 3D-printing and having in-house capabilities for manufacturing prototypes. A prototyping workshop enables shorter feedback loops, which in turn enables a more agile process. The study also resulted in suggestions to Elekta, mainly concerning setting up a new prototyping workshop solution for the company, to adapt the prototyping process to better fit agile. Agila arbetssätt blir alltmer populära. Metoderna som härstammar från mjukvaruutveckling spiller nu över till hårdvaruutveckling när företag försöker ta nästa steg mot mer moderna arbetssätt. Agil hårdvaruutveckling har studerats tidigare och många företag försöker fortfarande ta reda på om det är något för dem. På det svenska MedTech-bolaget Elekta tror konstruktörer och andra ingenjörer att hårdvaruprototypande kan gå att göra bättre och snabbare. Elekta införde SAFe, som står för Scaled Agile Framework, för några år sedan men har svårt att utveckla hårdvara lika snabbt som mjukvara. Det finns inte mycket litteratur som specifikt rör agilt hårdvaruprototypande. För att utforska ämnet genomfördes en fallstudie på Elekta. Studien inleddes med orienterande intervjuer som kompletterades av en litteraturstudie om agil hårdvaruutveckling. Dessa lade sedan grunden för den kvalitativa undersökningen som bestod av semistrukturerade intervjuer med 12 personer på Elekta samt 5 personer på andra företag som också hanterar hårdvaruprototypande. Målen med detta examensarbete var att ge Elekta rekommendationer om hur de ska anpassa sin prototypprocess för att bättre passa agila arbetssätt och att kunna bidra till det relativt outforskade ämnet, agilt hårdvaruprototypande. Fallstudien resulterade i identifiering av ett antal hinder och möjligheter som ett företag kan uppleva när de implementerar agila arbetssätt för hårdvaruprototypande. Några exempel på hinder var svårigheter med att planera och dela upp hårdvara i mindre uppgifter, att inte ha produktion in-house och svårigheten med att anamma ett agilt tankesätt istället för att fokusera för mycket på en metod eller struktur. Exempel på möjliggörare var modularitet, 3D-printning och möjligheter till prototyptillverkning in-house. En prototypverkstad tillåter kortare feedback-loopar vilket i sin tur möjliggör en mer agil process. Undersökningen resulterade också i förslag till Elekta, främst i att bygga en ny verkstadslösning för prototyptillverkning för att bättre kunna anpassa prototypandet till agilitet.

Within this paper, an educational game is presented that transfers Agile principles for the development of physical systems. The training leverages elements of Learning Factories (LF) to simulate an Agile hardware development project within two days. By doing so, the challenges of applying Agile within the hardware domain are realistically reflected. The training revolves around a physical wire bending machine, which a development team of four participants needs to modify within a realistic engineering and production setting. A trial with mechanical engineering students was conducted to validate the training design. The participants showed a positive attitude towards the active learning approach. Furthermore, the students expressed that they perceived the game to improve their learning regarding Agile hardware development., Procedia Manufacturing, 45, ISSN:2351-9789