Incremental sheet forming (ISF) is a promising sheet metal forming technology with high potential to shape complex three-dimensional parts. It is suitable for rapid prototyping as well as low volume production. The advantages of ISF technology are flexible, short product development time, inexpensive die/tooling and high formability in comparison to conventional sheet forming technologies. Although many contributions have been made on the development of ISF technology, unsatisfactory forming quality still hampers its use in industrial applications. The work in this thesis focuses on the development of ISF in terms of process investigation on formability, forming force, geometric accuracy, forming time and surface quality, multi-pass ISF modelling and its validation including SPIF (single point incremental forming with no forming die) multi-pass deformation design and AMINO TPIF (two point incremental forming with full forming die) multi-pass deformation design, which form two main parts of this thesis.The work in the first part of this thesis is focused on the process investigation including process formability, forming forces, geometric accuracy, forming time and surface quality.In particular, tensile tests were carried out to characterize the mechanical properties of AA7075-O aluminium alloy sheets with three different thicknesses. (i) Process formability.Groove tests were performed to evaluate the process formability in terms of the effect of tool type and size. Furthermore, the effects of tool path types with different incremental steps on the maximum forming angle as well as the successful forming height were evaluated to clarify their influences on process formability during a cone-forming process. Additionally, a fracture forming limit diagram was developed to give the design limits for strain. (ii) Forming forces. A finite element (FE) model was developed to evaluate the forming forces, strain behaviour and thickness distribution with a groove test using different forming tools. Experimental tests were then performed to validate the FE results.Additionally, the trends in forming forces were also analysed considering the influences of different draw angles, sheet thicknesses, step-down sizes and sheet orientation during a cone and pyramid forming process. (iii) Geometric accuracy. A study on the effect of step-down size on geometric accuracy was implemented, which is of great importance in design and control of a tool path to improve the forming quality. (iv) Forming time. Design of experiments (DOE) together with the Taguchi method was used to investigate the effects of process parameters (step over (the distance the forming tool moves over the Page I part surface to generate a spiral tool path), feed rate, sheet thickness and tool diameter) on forming time. It was concluded that the most significant process parameter influencing forming time is the step over followed by the feed rate. (v) Surface roughness. Surface integrity was evaluated during a groove test in terms of rolling and sliding f...