infonet-economy

In this paper, we describe DELI ("Development Interactive"), a method and software system that supports the product concept development phase by multi-functional product development teams using Marketing Engineering methods. After motivating our research, we present core concepts underlying DELI: a data model encompassing customer and product attributes and preferences as well as a questionnaire generating tool based thereon, a novel integrated clustering and attribute/product positioning algorithm for market map generation and a conjoint-based market simulation component. All concepts are explained using a real-world mobile phone case study.