Working Group Q4: Demonstrator

The working group Q4 "Demonstrator" serves besides the working group Q2 "Shaping and Process Optimization" for the reconciliation of the acquired methods and tools and puts a special emphasis on their exemplary application. After acquiring development and a first prototypical implementation of the E-Bike-Sharing system PSSycle in funding period 2, the system will continue to be used in funding period 3 and the influence of the cycles on an existing PSS respectively on the development of new versions and variants (e.g. a PSSycle variant for the city or one for mountain bike tours) will be examined. In the process, the different methods and tools shall be used and by means of prototypical applications examined. For this purpose, one perspective is focused on the innovation process each half year (e.g. socio-technical perspectives, goods and services of the PSS) and, led by the related subprojects, implemented at the demonstrator by the work group. In doing so, students are supposed to be included in the implementation, thus, introducing them to the topic of cycle management of innovation processes as well as disseminating the results for demonstration for industrial partners and for measuring.