Product development is one of the most important drivers of innovation. Methods, procedures and systems evoke, enable and support innovation. The papers presented in this book, show that answers can only be composed out of a variety of solutions where psychological, economical and technical research results are taken into account.

The proceedings represent trends in Product Development concerning industrial users and vendors as well as scientific research aspects.

The following topics are covered: Design Theory, Product Design, Requirements, Collaborative Engineering, Complex Design, Mechatronics, Reverse Engineering, Virtual Prototyping, CAE, KBE and PLM.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. F.-L. Krause is head of the division "Virtual Product Creation" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK) in Berlin. He also has a chair for "Industrial Information Technology" at the Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management at the Technical University of Berlin.