Projektmodell för mindre produktutvecklingsprojekt

Sammanfattning: How projects are managed can have a big impact on the project`s result. There are different types of frameworks on the market whose purpose is to help project leaders to pursue a successful project. Those frameworks focus on larger product development projects and both the literature and companies have addressed that the frameworks are too comprehensive for smaller product development projects. They have therefore asked for a framework that is more suitable for those smaller projects. To complete a project on time and to the planned cost is important in both larger and smaller product development projects. The purpose of this research is therefore to create a model for how small product development projects should be pursued. Various theories about how a project should be managed have been investigated to achieve the purpose of this research. A case study has also been done on a company that conducts small product development projects. Benchmarking has been done within the firm and on a company that has the same organization structure and conduct development projects. The theories that have been used in the study has been collected through well know databases and books in the field for the research. The result of the research is a model that will serve as a support for the project leader in small product development projects of existing products. This model processes the phases that a successful project should go through and how the project leader should handle the critical elements in the project.