Modeling systems of objectives in engineering design practice
Year: 2013
Editor: Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini
Author: Albers, Albert; Klingler, Simon; Ebel, Bjoern
Series: ICED
Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Page(s): 379-388
ISBN: 978-1-904670-44-5
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
Objectives are central elements of product development processes. The multitude of objectives forms a system of objectives, which is characterized by a high complexity and dynamic. In engineering design practice, modeling systems of objectives is a challenging task the designers are confronted with. The research presented in this paper focuses on modeling systems of objectives from a designer’s perspective which means that user-friendliness and acceptance of the approach is a central aspect. Based on a literature review, we deduce a lean methodology for modeling systems of objectives and realize an implementation of the approach within an intuitive mind-mapping software-tool. The results of an application in engineering design practice imply that the approach is user-friendly and mainly accepted by designers in practice; the performance however has to be further improved.
Keywords: System of objectives, requirements, complexity, design practice