HARNESSING SOCIAL MEDIA AND CLOUD-COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR CO-DESIGN IN OPEN COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION: THE CASE OF 24 HOURS OF INNOVATION
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco CantaMESsa, Dorian Marjanovic, Frederico Rotini
Author: Jimenez-Narvaez, Luz-Maria; Dalkir, Kimiz; Gelinas, Valerie; Gardoni, Mickael
Series: ICED
Institution: 1: École de technologie superieure, Canada; 2: McGill University, Canada; 3: INSA de Strasbourg, France
Section: Product Modularisation, Product Architecture, Systems Engineering, Product Service Systems
Page(s): 207-216
ISBN: 978-1-904670-70-4
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
Designers and industry both agree that new uses of media and cloud computing technologies have had a major impact on the way designers receive and share information and knowledge.
Our research team was interested in examining whether these technologies also directly affect the social dynamics in co-design meetings. In this paper, we describe the dynamics observed during an annual international competition, 24 Hours of Innovation , and at two co-design sessions held at the École de technologie supérieure s INGO Innovation Center in Montreal. Our aim was to develop a Knowledge Management System that supports the co-design experiences present in an open collaborative innovation process. We analyzed the use of media by participants during four periods of the event: announcement, information, contributions, and polling of projects. We followed 135 teams from more than 20 universities, from 5 continents, which participated in the 5th edition of 24 hours of Innovation in Montreal. This competition also included 14 remote teams that participated in the 6th edition at ESTIA France.
Keywords: Collaborative Design, Platform Strategies, Design Practice, Knowledge Management, Open Innovation