Requirements on engineering design methodologies

DS 58-2: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, Vol. 2, Design Theory and Research Methodology, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 24.-27.08.2009

Year: 2009
Editor: Norell Bergendahl, M.; Grimheden, M.; Leifer, L.; Skogstad, P.; Lindemann, U.
Author: Keller, Alexander; Binz, Hansgeorg
Series: ICED
Section: Design Theory and Research Methodology
Page(s): 203-214

Abstract

Based on a literature research on engineering design research, engineering design methodologies and their development, requirements on engineering design methodologies are reasoned, grouped into a checklist-type catalogue and evaluated for their interrelations. The set of requirements aims at the assessment of individual methodologies, the comparison of different methodologies and the support of the development of new methodologies. The requirements have been found to be reasonably independent from each other in general whereas a group of five proved to be prominent by showing, in contrast to the rest, frequent interdependencies with other requirements.

Keywords: requirements, design methodology, design methods, design process, design science, design research, mechatronics

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