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This is surprising as many parts of the product development process have digitised such as communication and Computer-Aided Design. Therefore, a gap in knowledge was identified which informed the development of a novel digital product development tool which allows users to undergo the 6-3-5 ideation process to generate concepts. The digital product development tool was tested with participants to gather insightsand feedback. The experiment involved focus groups using the digital product development tool alongside the paper-based equivalent to generate concepts and compare both methods. Participants were then asked to complete a survey to receive feedback on the tool. The results indicated that two-thirds of the respondents favoured the digital product development tool compared to its paper-based counterpart. This preference was influenced by the application's capability to store and export concepts, as well as its potential for enhancing learning. Moreover, the digital environment allows for easy storage and reuse of concepts post generation activity, increasing the efficiency of the design process. Additional, lessons learnt for future digital tool development has been highlighted. The use of this tool has promise to support a greater efficiency of design process and ease of learning about the tool and method.  \nKeywords  \nproduct development tool, product development process, 6-3-5 method, design method, concept generation, online design collaboration, brainwriting method  \nIntroduction  \nBackground Information  \nProduct Development Tools (PDTs) enable design engineers and students to design new products and bring them to the market (Unger & Eppinger, 2011) . These tools are particularly useful for students and educators as they provide a systematic structure to follow, guiding the designer towards a final solution (Daalhuizen, 2014; Cross, 2006) . The intuitiveness of design tools, their simplicity in explanation and execution is easily achievable within a standard tutorial session, which contributes to their popularity in educational environments. Moreover, when students become graduates, they are inclined to utilise design methods in their future work after gaining practical experience with the technique through exercises or workshops (Nutzmann, et al., 2019) . This applies to all levels of the educational journey with evidence that early exposure to design method and theory develops ability and skill for designing (Eder, 2013) and is preferred by students (Reddy Gudur, 2016) .  \nWhile communication tools used to collaborate have progressed with technological advancements, there are fewer digital or online tools compared to their physical counterparts (Brisco, Grierson & Lynn, 2021) . Using computer devices, digital design methods support the Product Development (PD) process by facilitating design ideation during the concept generation stage. There are several common examples of engineers and students favouring online or digital tools over their physical alternatives such as conducting meetings over Microsoft Teams, writing reports using Microsoft Word, using Microsoft PowerPoint to support presentations to use example from Microsoft Office. Specific engineering and design examples include creating parts, assemblies and engineering drawings using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) packages. But why not during the ideation phase of the design process? Digital design methods which aid the ideation process are not readily available, meaning physical paper-based pre-defined templates are often preferred even with their limitations. 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