Introduction: Baggage handling is considered to be a heavy manual handling job including biomechanical exposures suspected of increasing the risk for musculoskeletal disorders. Aims: To document low back pain (LBP), shoulder pain (SP), and physical and psychosocial factors in baggage handlers, and to evaluate the implementation of an ergonomic intervention aiming to increase the use of loading assist devices. Methods: A questionnaire was utilized to characterize pain and psychosocial work conditions in 525 baggage handlers. The postures of 55 baggage handlers during 114 shifts were measured using inclinometry, half shift video-recordings were made for subsequent task analysis, and the number of aircraft handled was registered. Associations for psychosocial and biomechanical exposures with pain were assessed using regression analyses. An ergonomic intervention was implemented and evaluated using questionnaires and repeated interviews. Feasibility, intermediate outcomes, barriers and facilitators were assessed. Results: The prevalence rates of reported LBP and SP were 70% and 60%, respectively. Pain interfering with work (LBP - 30% and SP - 18%) and high pain intensity (LBP - 34% and SP - 28%) were associated with poor psychosocial working conditions. Extreme postures with arms elevated >60° occurred for 6.4% of the total time, and in trunk flexion >60° for 2.1% total time. In contrast, 71% of the total time was spent in a neutral trunk posture. The 90th percentile trunk forward flexion was 34.1°.  Daily shoulder pain increased in approximately one-third of all shifts and was positively associated with extreme work posture and the number of aircraft handled; this association was modified by influence and support. The intervention was delivered as planned, and dose received and satisfaction were rated as high. Motivated trainees facilitated implementation while lack of manager support, opportunities to observe and practice behaviors, follow-up activities, staff reduction, and job insecurity were barriers. Conclusion: The high prevalence rates of LBP and SP in baggage handlers were associated with psychosocial exposures, and daily shoulder pain was associated with higher biomechanical exposure. Barriers to implementation can be minimized by recruiting motivated trainees, securing strong organizational support, and carrying out follow-up activities.

The gradually increasing competition that occurs in mature markets, pushes the companies to consider new ways of competing. The more mature the market becomes the higher level of competitive fulfillment and edge is needed. E.g. for Scania the dimension high quality was until now considered a competitive advantage, but is currently evolving towards a dimension that is necessary to fulfill to even act within the market. Thus, companies such as Scania have to push their limits everywhere possible across their organization. One way to push the limits of R&D and product development (PD) is, based on this thesis and other work, implementing a simulation based product development (SBPD) process. The aim of this thesis has been, by applying a quality function deployment (QFD) model, to show the influence a SBPD process can have on increased competitiveness. By combining published literature within the field with empirical results mostly gained from interviews, nine components representing a SBPD process could be found. These components were characterized in the following categories: IT-infrastructure, design, model & test, and organizational. Depending on the level of fulfillment of these components the SBPD process is more or less implemented within the company. The two components that are considered the most important for Scania in terms of both increased competitiveness and a possible transition towards a SBPD process are Virtual representa-tion of the product and the process throughout the whole PD process and A model driven/model based approach. The work of this thesis has also shown, in correlations with previous published literature, that a SBPD process can significantly decrease the lead-time and cost of development, and at the same time increase the knowledge about the product and the process. The research has also shown that a SBPD process can considerably improve both the internal and the external collaboration. However attaining such a process where these competitive advantages can be gained affects the whole organization, the way development is performed and also the way resources are used. A fully implemented SBPD process has been shown to positively impact the following competitive dimensions; Frequency of product introductions, Lead-time of development, PD process flexibility, Degree of innovation, Customization of the offer, Collaboration with internal and external partners, Knowledge about products and processes, R&D cost, manufacturing cost, Focus on customers operational economics, Product quality, Product safety and Focus on environmental sustainability of the product & the processes. But, to get a positive impact on all these dimensions the components representing a SBPD process must be implemented and applied. Furthermore, this thesis also provides a framework for other companies to evaluate the impact a SBPD process can have on their competitiveness. The analysis model aims to guide companies that want to adopt a SBPD process. The framework can indicate how a SBPD process would impact the firm's competitive strategy. But also to provide guidance to which components that would be more important to implement in order to reach a competitive SBPD process. / Den gradvis ökande konkurrens som uppstår på mogna marknader driver företagen att finna nya sätt att konkurrera. Ju mer mogen marknaden blir desto högre blir kraven på konkurrens. För Scania har faktorn hög kvalitet tills nu betraktas som en konkurrensfördel, men utveckling sker istället mot att det kommer att vara en faktor som är nödvändig att uppfylla för att ens kunna agera på marknaden. Företag som Scania måste således utvecklas över hela organisationen. Ett sätt att tänja på gränserna för FoU och produktutveckling (PD) är, baserat på detta arbete och annan tidigare forskning, att genomföra en förändring mot en simulering baserad produktutvecklings-process (SBPD). Syftet med detta examensarbete har varit att, genom att tillämpa en quality function deployment (QFD) modell, visa effekten en SBPD-process kan ha på ökad konkurrenskraft. Genom att kombinera tidigare publicerad litteratur inom området med empiriska resultat, mestadels insamlat genom intervjuer, kunde nio komponenter som utgör en SBPD-process finnas. Dessa komponenter karakteriserades i följande kategorier: IT-infrastruktur, design, modellera och testa och organisatorisk. Beroende på graden av uppfyllnad på dessa komponenter blir den SBPD-processen mer eller mindre implementerad inom företaget. De två komponenterna som anses viktigast för Scania i form av både ökad konkurrenskraft och en eventuell övergång till en SBPD-process är Virtuell representation av produkten och processen genom hela PD-processen och Ett modellbaserat/ modelldrivet arbetssätt används. Arbetet har också visat i korrelation med tidigare publicerad litteratur, att en SBPD-process kommer att minska ledtiden och kostnaden för utveckling avsevärt och samtidigt öka kunskapen om produkten och processen. Denna studie har också visat att en SBPD-process kan förbättra både interna och externa samarbeten. Men att uppnå en sådan process där dessa konkurrens-fördelar kan vinnas kommer att påverka hela organisationen, det sätt som utveckling utförs på och också hur resurserna används. En fullt implementerad SBPD-process har visat positivt påverkan följande konkurrens faktorer; frekvens av produktlanseringar, ledtiden för utveckling, PD-processflexibilitet, innovationsgrad, anpassning av erbjudandet, samarbete med interna och externa partners, kunskap om produkter och processer, FoU kostnader, tillverkningskostnad, fokus på kundernas driftsekonomi, produktkvalitet, produktsäkerhet och miljöpåverkan av både produkten och processen. För att få en positiv inverkan på alla dessa faktorer måste alla komponenter som utgör en SBPD-process implementeras och tillämpas. Dessutom så presenteras även ett ramverk för andra företag att utvärdera effekterna en SBPD-process skulle ha på deras konkurrenskraft. Analysmodellen syftar till att vägleda företag som vill övergå till en SBPD-process. Ramverket kan ange hur en SBPD-process skulle kunna påverka företagets konkurrensstrategi men också ge vägledning om vilka komponenter som kan vara viktigare att börja implementera för att nå en konkurrenskraftig SBPD-process.

Submitted by Fabricia Fialho Reginato (fabriciar) on 2015-07-02T22:54:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DeniseFonseca.pdf: 499297 bytes, checksum: 21931642f4dcc6323ad6b0e607c0b124 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-02T22:54:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DeniseFonseca.pdf: 499297 bytes, checksum: 21931642f4dcc6323ad6b0e607c0b124 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-01 / IPA - Centro Universitário Metodista / A presente investigação se propôs a analisar o movimento decorrente da nova política de avaliação institucional implantada pelo SINAES - Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior no Brasil, através do ENADE - Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes, como parte do sistema, procurando compreender suas influências na dinâmica dos processos avaliativos do curso de Educação Física do IPA (Instituto Porto Alegre da Igreja Metodista/RS/Brasil). Defendeu, portanto, como tese que há implicações das políticas públicas educacionais na configuração das políticas e ações institucionais. Nessa perspectiva, buscou interpretar e compreender os processos avaliativos internos praticados pelos professores e vivenciados pelos alunos e as implicações do ENADE nesses processos. Partiu do resgate de aspectos históricos da educação superior no Brasil, bem como das políticas de Educação e Avaliação, analisando as reformas da educação superior e o contexto sociopolítico em que ocorreram, buscando relações com a Educação Metodista, no país. Discutiu também os pressupostos teóricos que embasam a Avaliação Institucional e a Avaliação do processo de ensino-aprendizagem, vislumbrando basicamente dois modelos: um identificado com princípios da ciência positivista, e outro com princípios do pensamento complexo. A investigação baseouse em uma metodologia de natureza qualitativa, utilizando-se de análise de documentos, de entrevistas semi-estruturadas individuais com 3 professores e entrevista grupo focal com 14 alunos do Curso de Educação Física do IPA. A base teórica do estudo e a análise e interpretação dos dados foram realizadas em interlocução com Afonso (2000), Capra (1982)Cunha ( 2002, 2005, 2007) Demo (2004, 2004 ) Hoffmann ( 1991, 1993, 1998 e 2001) Kuenzer (2002) Leite (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002),Perrenoud (1999, 1999) Dias Sobrinho( 2005) Luckesi ( 1998),Morin ( 2001, 2002) Ristoff ( 2006) Santos ( 1999, 2002), entre outros. Os dados indicam que houve mudanças significativas na dinâmica das aulas, assim como na escolha dos instrumentos e estratégias de avaliação. Há indicativos também de que a avaliação já evoluiu de um modelo tradicional para outro enfoque mais formativo e mediador, ainda que não exista clareza se esses movimentos se originam com o ENADE ou se já vêm se construindo a partir de outras iniciativas individuais ou institucionais. Alguns tensionamentos aparecem no que diz respeito ao ranqueamento dos resultados obtidos, à idéia de valor agregado e à nãoexplicitação de um trabalho com enfoque em competências, sugerindo necessidade de maior discussão destas questões no âmbito do SINAES - ENADE, bem como no institucional. / The present study analyses the movement originated by the new institutional evaluation policy implemented by SINAES - Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior (College Evaluation National System) in Brasil, through ENADE - Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes (Students’ National Performance Evaluation), as part of the system, trying to understand its influences on the dinamics of the evaluation processes in the course of Physical Education at IPA (Instituto Porto Alegre da Igreja Metodista/RS/Brasil). It has been proposed, as thesis, that the public educational policies affect the configuration of the institutional policies and its actions. Therefore, it analyses the internal evaluative processes carried out by professors and experienced by the students and the implications of ENADE in these processes. It traces historical aspects of the college educational system in Brazil as well as its educational and evaluative policies, analysing college reforms and the social-political context in which they have taken place, corelatting them to the Methodist Education in the country. Furthermore, it discusses the theoretic principals that are the basis of the institutional evaluation and the evaluation of the learning process within two models: one identified with the principals of the positivist science and the other with the principals of the complex thought.The investigative process relied on a qualitative methodology comprised of documents analysis, semi-structured interviews with 3 professors and a group interview with 14 students of the Physical Education Course, IPA. The theory, the analysis and the interpretation of data were based on Afonso (2000), Capra (1982)Cunha ( 2002, 2005, 2007) Demo (2004, 2004 ) Hoffmann ( 1991, 1993, 1998 e 2001) Kuenzer (2002) Leite (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002),Perrenoud (1999, 1999) Dias Sobrinho( 2005) Luckesi ( 1998),Morin ( 2001, 2002) Ristoff ( 2006) Santos ( 1999, 2002), among others.The data shows that there has been a significant change in the classes dynamics as well as in the choices of tools and strtegies of evaluation.There are indications that the evaluation has evolved from a traditional model to one more formative and mediator, although it is not clear whether these movements have originated with ENADE or have been evolving from other individual or institutional initiatives. Some questions arise in relation to the ranking of the results, to the idea of aggergate value and the non explicitness of a study that has focused on competencies, suggesting the need of a broader discussion in the realm of SINAES - ENADE as well as in the institutional area.

Background: Parent behaviours have a long-lasting impact on the health, education, and behaviour of the young people in their care. Group-based parenting interventions are a promising approach to improve parenting, as well as to prevent and reduce physical and emotional maltreatment of children. While a billion of adolescents live in low- and middle- income countries, few evaluations have examined parenting approaches for families with adolescents in these countries. Objectives: This study was nested within a randomised controlled trial of Sinovuyo Teen, a parenting programme for families with adolescents. The trial took place in rural South Africa in 2015-2016 with 552 families in 40 study clusters. Primary intervention outcomes included parenting and child maltreatment. This dissertation aims to: (1) describe the implementation (attendance, engagement, and fidelity) of the intervention delivered within the evaluation, (2) examine if participant characteristics affected attendance and engagement in the intervention, (3) examine if implementation characteristics affected programme results, and (4) examine if participant characteristics affected programme results. Methods: Programme implementation was assessed through observations of all programme group sessions and the records of the implementing organisation. The analyses also draw on participant self-report data from three time-points (baseline, immediate post-test, and follow-up). The data were analysed using a series of correlation and multilevel regression analyses, presented in three papers. Findings: Attendance levels in the intervention were somewhat lower than in previous similar studies, perhaps due to the role of home visits. Generally, more disadvantaged families participated at similar rates as families with more material and social resources. However, a number of factors affected attendance on individual and family levels, e.g. an overcrowded household, and at the community level, e.g. funeral and grant receipt days. Intervention fidelity was similar to the levels reported in high-income countries, thus suggesting that high implementation quality is feasible in a low-resource setting. There was no consistent impact of the variation in participation and implementation on participant outcomes. Baseline risks did not consistently affect variation in treatment effects, confirming recent findings that families at-risk can benefit from parenting support as much or more than less at-risk families.

There is still a debate concerning the evidence base for community interventions. The randomised clinical trial design (RCT) is increasingly challenged as a gold standard for their evaluation. This thesis takes the Norsjö health programme in Västerbotten as the starting point for a discussion about the ethical platform of community interventions and for exploring the role of self-rated health. The specific objectives are: 1) to better understand barriers to community participation and to assess the role of ethical premises among decision-makers, 2) to explore how health related norms and attitudes interact with self-rated health and the risk factor outcome of an intervention and 3) to analyse the gender and socio-cultural interplay of self-rated health with biomedical risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The participation and views of different actors in the planning and implementation phases of the intervention were studied by contrasting information between official documents, interviews with decision makers and professionals and questionnaires to community members. The role of basic values in setting priorities and choosing intervention strategies utilised a questionnaire design with hypothetical scenarios sent to a representative sample of Swedish health care politicians. Qualitative research interviews were used to explore health related norms and attitudes. Health examination measurements and questionnaire data formed the basis for analysis of the development of self-rated health and risk factor load during a 10-year follow-up of the intervention. Access to a stroke registry enabled a case-referent approach for studying the interaction between bio-medical risk factors, socio-demographic factors and self-rated health. Data from the Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP) could be utilised for a cross-country comparison with a “sister project” in Otsego, U.S.A. The results point to both strengths and limitations of the efforts made to involve people in the intervention. The problem definition mainly remained with the professionals and participation as a goal in itself, strengthening local democracy was felt to be an exaggerated ambition. However, there was an overall agreement about the seriousness of the health problem, the need to intervene and about the implementation mode. Self-rated health and reported behavioural change were important indicators of participation and young men with bad health seemed to have been least involved. Among Swedish health care politicians there was an overall agreement to allocate resources for prevention directed towards communities when there are serious health problems. The majority preferred an intervention strategy that involved primary health care. The risk of harm by creating some degree of anxiety or stigma was for many considered an acceptable drawback of a successful intervention. The follow-up study revealed a positive risk factor reduction accompanied by a positive development of self-rated health, especially for men. Additional support for an intervention effect was given through a comparison with a reference area. The interaction pattern between risk reduction and self-rated health was more polarised for men than for women, with a corresponding pattern for the lower compared to the higher educated. These results could be linked to a transition in the health related norm system and to “ideal types” representing attitudinal sets towards the intervention. The case-referent analysis suggested an interaction effect between self-rated health and bio-medical risk factor load in predicting stroke that was greater for men than for women. The cross-country comparison revealed a stronger influence of education in the U.S.A. The lower educated, with a high risk load, had a greater risk of self-rated poor health than their Swedish counterparts. The thesis suggests that self-rated health is an unexplored indicator, potentially important for understanding the complexity of community interventions. Self-rated health may predict disease development as well as modify the impact of established risk factors.

Pain management in hospitalized infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit continues to be substandard despite the development and availability of evidence-based guidelines. The Evidence-based Practice Identification and Change (Lee et al., 2009) strategy is a multifaceted tailored intervention that has been used to promote evidence-based practice. However, the process of delivering the components of the intervention is not well understood and no valid measure for evaluating the fidelity of intervention implementation exists. The overall objective was to develop and determine the face validity, content validity, construct validity, feasibility, and clinical utility of the Process Evaluation Checklist. Three prospective studies were conducted. In Study 1, the face and content validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist was determined. In Study 2, the construct validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist was examined by assessing the fidelity of implementing the Evidence-based Practice Identification and Change intervention in a clinical setting. In Study 3, the feasibility and clinical utility of the Process Evaluation Checklist was determined. Overall, the face and content validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist was achieved. The intervention was implemented with high fidelity, supporting the construct validity of the measure. A Research Practice Council, with assistance from an external facilitator and internal facilitators, implemented multifaceted knowledge translation strategies in the form of constant reminders to improve sucrose administration practices. Post intervention admission orders were significantly more likely to include sucrose, and odds of being administered sucrose were 13 times greater compared to baseline. Beginning support was provided for the content and construct validity, feasibility, and clinical utility of the Process Evaluation Checklist for use with complex interventions. Using this measure to monitor intervention fidelity in different contexts and with different users over longer periods of time will provide additional support to the validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist.

Pain management in hospitalized infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit continues to be substandard despite the development and availability of evidence-based guidelines. The Evidence-based Practice Identification and Change (Lee et al., 2009) strategy is a multifaceted tailored intervention that has been used to promote evidence-based practice. However, the process of delivering the components of the intervention is not well understood and no valid measure for evaluating the fidelity of intervention implementation exists. The overall objective was to develop and determine the face validity, content validity, construct validity, feasibility, and clinical utility of the Process Evaluation Checklist. Three prospective studies were conducted. In Study 1, the face and content validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist was determined. In Study 2, the construct validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist was examined by assessing the fidelity of implementing the Evidence-based Practice Identification and Change intervention in a clinical setting. In Study 3, the feasibility and clinical utility of the Process Evaluation Checklist was determined. Overall, the face and content validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist was achieved. The intervention was implemented with high fidelity, supporting the construct validity of the measure. A Research Practice Council, with assistance from an external facilitator and internal facilitators, implemented multifaceted knowledge translation strategies in the form of constant reminders to improve sucrose administration practices. Post intervention admission orders were significantly more likely to include sucrose, and odds of being administered sucrose were 13 times greater compared to baseline. Beginning support was provided for the content and construct validity, feasibility, and clinical utility of the Process Evaluation Checklist for use with complex interventions. Using this measure to monitor intervention fidelity in different contexts and with different users over longer periods of time will provide additional support to the validity of the Process Evaluation Checklist.

Este trabajo propone un modelo de gestión de servicios de Tecnologías de la Información (TI) para Frutarom Perú S.A. que permita alinear los principales procesos de TI dentro de la organización, con la finalidad de mejorar la entrega de servicios, minimizar los incidentes y agregar valor en su interacción con el resto de las áreas, contribuyendo a pasar de una visión de TI como un rol de proveedor de servicios a un papel de área estratégica. El primer capítulo presenta el marco teórico mostrando el contexto de la empresa y la literatura correspondiente a la gestión de servicios TI, marcos de trabajo, buenas prácticas y normas internacionales como ISO/ IEC 20000, ISO/IEC 9001, ISO/IEC 15504, COBIT 2019 e ITIL 4. En el segundo capítulo se realiza la evaluación de la situación actual de la empresa y el análisis las oportunidades de mejora, los puntos críticos identificados como el bajo nivel de satisfacción en la entrega de los servicios de TI, inestabilidad operativa e incumplimiento de los indicadores de rendimiento, a fin de determinar sus causas e impacto en la empresa. El tercer capítulo expone la propuesta de solución. Para ello se seleccionó como marco de referencia la norma ISO/IEC 20000 e ITIL 4; se determinó el nivel de madurez de gestión de servicios de TI basado en la norma ISO/IEC 15504; se establecieron los objetivos y alcances; se determinó el modelo de gestión de TI y se analizó su viabilidad. En el cuarto capítulo se presentan las conclusiones y recomendaciones. / This work proposes an Information Technology (IT) service management model for Frutarom Peru SA that allows aligning the main IT processes within the organization, to improve service delivery, minimize incidents and add value in its interaction with the rest of the areas, helping to move from an IT vision as a service provider role to a strategic area role. The first chapter presents the theoretical framework showing the context of the company and the literature corresponding to IT service management, frameworks, good practices, and international standards such as ISO / IEC 20000, ISO / IEC 9001, ISO / IEC 15504, COBIT 2019 and ITIL 4. In the second chapter, the evaluation of the current situation of the company and the analysis of the opportunities for improvement are carried out, the critical points identified as low level of satisfaction in the delivery of IT services, operational instability, and non-compliance of the performance indicators, to determine its causes and impact on the company. The third chapter presents the proposed solution. For this, the ISO / IEC 20000 and ITIL 4 standards were selected as the reference framework; the IT service management maturity level was determined based on the ISO / IEC 15504 standard; the objectives and scope were established; The IT management model was determined, and its viability analyzed. The fourth chapter presents the conclusions and recommendations. / Trabajo de investigaciín

I och med de senaste decenniernas digitalisering och tekniska utveckling inom musikproduktion har det i högre utsträckning blivit möjligt för enskilda utövare att stå för alla led i produktionskedjan - komposition, produktion, ljudteknik, mixning och mastring. Dessa möjligheter har otvivelaktigt satt sin prägel på den moderna musikproduktionen och termer som laptop-producent och engelskans bedroom producer kan idag användas för att beskriva många av vår samtids mest framgångsrika artister och producenter. Jag själv tillhör denna nya generation, för vilken musikproduktion närmast är synonymt med laptop-produktion, och har i min egen praktik upptäckt ett par återkommande problem som jag misstänker har med denna totala kontroll över arbetsflödet att göra. I det här arbetet utforskar jag enkla demos som ett verktyg för att skapa och bibehålla perspektiv på produktionsarbetet av min egenkomponerade musik. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer med andra som också ägnar sig åt att producera egenkomponerad musik fördjupar jag dessutom min problembeskrivning ytterligare och visar att den i all väsentlighet delas av andra som arbetar på liknande sätt som jag gör. / Is temporary loss of perspective an inevitable part of any artistic process? In this project, I explore a strategy to deal with such problems in music production, namely the demo. With the advance of digital audio workstations and the internet, music production has become more accessible than ever before. The term bedroom producer has gone from being slightly derogatory to nowadays aptly describe many of our most influential and popular contemporary artists and producers. Historically, the music production process has been defined by a clear division of labor: artist/songwriter, producer and engineers that record, mix and master. Today, however, artists and producers have the possibility to control most, if not all, of these stages of production on a single computer. The advantages are many to this development, as it increases an individual’s ability to have detailed control of their output. There is, however, a risk that such solitary work becomes unnecessarily frustrating as a consequence of the insistence on doing everything oneself. Put simply, one might overwork and lose perspective on one’s art because so much uninterrupted time is spent with the project at hand. Being of this generation of producers myself, I have lately come to wonder whether my process - writing, producing and mixing my own songs - could become less ridden with temporary loss of perspective by applying a more clear division in my own labor. More precisely, I focus on the earliest part of the production process, the demo. Instead of laboring over longer periods of time with the entire production chain - from inception to final mix - I want to explore a different workflow, which allows me to better sustain a constructive perspective on my songs and productions. In this project, I dedicate time specifically to produce simple demos, the sole purpose of which is to document an idea and guide the potential final production at a later stage. I also interview others who produce their own songs in order to deepen my analysis and strengthen the relevance of my project.

Under det gångna året har jag studerat min kreativa process. Syftet är att skapa förståelse för hur jag som låtskrivare och musikproducent kan förändra min kreativa process för att uppnå resultat som jag finner tillfredställande.  Jag har skrivit, spelat in och producerat åtta låtar inom ramarna för projektet. För att belysa och utvärdera mina processer har jag testat olika metoder och tillvägagångssätt. Hälften av musiken har jag skrivit på egen hand, resten har skrivits i varierande former av samarbete. Utöver samarbete eller ensamt arbete har varje process getts specifika förutsättningar i form av olika begränsningar och friheter. Hälften av musiken har även mixats i samarbeten. För att analysera mina upplevelser av processerna och musiken lyfts ett antal teoretiska perspektiv som berör kreativa processer samt identitet från ett sociologiskt perspektiv.  Jag har inte upptäckt någon allmängiltig nyckel till framgång. Flera av mina metoder har emellertid fungerat som bidragande faktorer till mer tillfredställande resultat. Grundlig analytisk reflektion har varit den mest effektiva metoden. Projektet kretsar kring mina upplevelser, men mina frågor, tankar och metoder kan vara användbara även för andra. / In the past year I have studied my own creative process as a music producer and a songwriter. My purpose is to gain a greater understanding of how I can change my creative process to achieve results that I can be more satisfied with.  I have written, recorded and produced eight songs within the project. Half of them I have written by myself, the other half were written in varying degrees of collaboration. To study and develop my creative processes I have collaborated and worked in solitude. In addition, each process has been given a specific set of circumstances such as limitations in time and tools or the freedom to create in any way I choose. Four of the songs have been mixed in collaboration. To analyze my experiences, I raise theoretical perspectives within the artistic and the sociological field of study.  I haven’t discovered any one big truth or key to success, but during the project I have found many contributing factors to creating something that in my own opinion works. Thorough reflection and analysis have been the most universally applicable method. The project is focused on my own experience. I do however believe that my questions, thoughts and methods can be of use to others.