The identification of limiting and enabling factors of the organization on the development of platform-based products

Abstract

Efficient und successful development of platform-based product architectures requires a thorough understanding of the organizational structure, its interaction with the product architecture and the development processes. As individual research papers in existing literature are mostly focused on single aspects of the organizational domain, an overview of possible influencing factors on platform-based product development is missing. This paper addresses this gap by thoroughly reviewing the literature to identify and categorize the relevant limitations and enablers that influence success of platform-based product architecture development.