Chalupnik, M. J.; Wynn, D. C.; Eckert ,C. M.; Clarkson, P. J. // 2008
In this paper, Monte-Carlo simulation is used to investigate how the robustness of hypothetical process fragments is influenced by the number of dependencies between tasks and the resource ...
Krehmer, H.; Stöber, C.; Meerkamm, H. // 2008
Due to the increasing complexity of products as well as the product development the course of the product development process is not foreseeable in detail; it develops iteratively in its progression. ...
Jamshid, Emami; Mahshid, Tashakori ; Zahra, Tashakorinia // 2008
Kaiser, J.M.; Conrad, J.; Koehler, C.; Wanke, S.; Weber, C. // 2008
Knowledge management is a very important topic in engineering design and the application of information technologies is an important part in the implementation of knowledge management. The aim of ...
Englisch, U.; Sachse, P.; Uhlmann, J. // 2008
General principles of constructive design actions – based on the qualitative analysis of established conceptions and experts’ statements of technical and non-technical (artistic) design processes – ...
Hosnedl, S.; Srp, Z.; Dvorak, J. // 2008
The paper introduces theory and methodology developed on the basis of a “map” of Engineering Design Science, which proved to be a powerfull tool for efficient and effective cooperation for the two ...
Ensici, A.; Bayazit, N.; Badke-Schaub,P.; Lauche, K. // 2008
Nowadays, the majority of designers work as part of a team. During product development designers have to make countless decisions. Design decisions have a tremendous impact on the quality of the ...
Kihlander, I.; Janhager, J.; Ritzén, S. // 2008
The paper presents results from a retrospective case study in the automotive industry with the purpose to identify dependencies in product concept decisions taking into consideration social aspects, ...
Sedenkov, Vladimir // 2008
Hummels, Caroline; Frens, Joep // 2008
Lauer, W. M.; Lindemann, U. // 2008
In today’s very complex product development processes, a major problem is to provide engineers with the right information at the right time. Engineers need to search for existing product information ...
de Boer, R. J.; Badke-Schaub, P. // 2008
We propose as central theme of this paper that design team performance is affected primarily by a simultaneous occurrence of emotion in individual team members. That is, a design team will perform ...
Safin, S.; Leclercq, P.; Blavier, A. // 2008
In architectural design process, the human error has a particular status. The later it is detected, the more expensive it is. Moreover, some errors can not be detected given the current state of the ...
Rodgers, Paul; Anusas, Mike // 2008
Ferioli, M.; Roussel, B.; Renaud, J.; Truchot, P. // 2008
Innovation is incontestably one of the big responsible of companies' growth and a crucial element for competitiveness. It is proven that without a precise procedure, structured and based on ...
Zeiler, W.; Quanjel, E. // 2008
There is a growing awareness of sustainability that leads towards knowledge transfer and research between companies and the Dutch knowledge and research institutes within the building industry. The ...
Panetta, F.; Vigano, R. // 2008
Studies in design methods provide various procedural approaches to the design process. These methods are devoted to create a process able to aid the designer for finding suitable solutions of an ...
Howard, T. J.; Culley, S. J.; Dekoninck, E. // 2008
Creative idea generation is a vital part of the engineering and the new product development process. This paper is based on a number of studies which have analysed idea production during brainstorm ...
Bitzer, M.; Eigner, M.; Vielhaber ,M. // 2008
This paper discusses the correlation between characteristics of the design process and the determination of PLM architectures. Based on first results from ongoing research activities with industrial ...
Wu, Z.; Rollmann, T.; Anderl, R. // 2008
Information models can make a large contribution to the process integration, not only the product development process, but throughout the entire life cycle of a product [1]. The new technique of ...
Tiainen, T.; Ellman, A.; Syrilä, A. L. // 2008
In a product development process, designers try to understand what customers need and want. Especially in the case of personalized products, it is important that customers can describe what they ...
Faerber, M.; Jochaud ,F.; Stöber, C.; Jablonski, S.; Meerkamm ,H. // 2008
The development of innovative products has become crucial for companies nowadays. Engineers are facing many challenges while transforming requirements specifications into working products. Both ...