Usage scenario: key tool for the introduction of engineering technologies in industrial context
Résumé
Research projects in industry provide new concepts and new technologies to business, especially to product development processes. Those brand new technologies are characterized by their maturity and by their specifications. In order to optimize the industrial investment in research projects, industry tends to anticipate and to integrate the future business requirements in the research process. The integration of any research results into the product development, as a risky decision, relies on a multi-disciplinary team involvement. The decision implies discussions, contradictions and arguments. The actors are invited to decide on a go/no-go way thanks to crucial resources built continuously during the research process. The proof of usage and the assessment of technology maturity are resources that decrease the risky transition. Usage scenarios, integrated into the technology readiness level methodology, contribute to anticipate the use of technology product into industrial context. A methodology is proposed to guide stakeholders in the development of usage scenario. The aim of the thesis is to build a methodology in order to help R&D industrial actors to integrate with success their research technologies into product development. As a conclusion, the proof of usage and a high maturity are not sufficient for ensuring a technological transition success: in a second step, the proof of value and associated resources would have to be added to the methodology.