Improving distributed collaboration at Porsche Engineering Services GmbH through the application of the EDiT Method

To support development teams with their individual challenges of distributed collaboration in product development, the EDiT method is being developed. This paper contributes to the continuous validation of the EDiT method by a field study at the process team of Porsche Engineering Services GmbH to support the successful transfer into practice. The validation is based on validation by application, validation by evaluation of the contribution to success, and validation by comparison of the requirements. The contribution of the EDiT method could be proven by different measurement criteria, e.g. reducing the average number of days to finish a task by a remarkable amount.