Lindemann / Maurer / Braun Structural Complexity Management

An Approach for the Field of Product Design
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-87889-6
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in practical applications. The book presents a methodology that enables the analysis, control and optimization of complex structures, and the applicability of domain-spanning problems. The methodology allows significant improvements on handling system complexity by creating improved system understanding on the one hand and optimizing product design that is robust for system adaptations on the other hand. Developers can thereby enhance project coordination and improve communication between team members and as a result shorten development time. The practical application of the methodology is described by means of two detailed examples.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann was postdoctoral engeged in many industrial enterprises. Since 1995 he is head of the Department for product development of the Technical University of Munich. Teaching and research are focused on the development of strategies for the early stages of development, approaches to product innovation, questions of cost management and the use of computers in product development and the inclusion of psychological and sociological insights. Dr.-Ing. Maik Maurer graduated in mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität München. In 2007 he became Ph.D. at the Technische Universität München.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindemann, Udo

Maurer, Maik

Braun, Thomas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;5
2;Contents;7
3;1 The challenge of complexity;11
3.1;1.1 Increase of complexity in engineering development;13
3.2;1.2 The market as the source of increasing complexity;15
3.3;1.3 The role of structure in evaluation of complex systems;18
3.4;1.4 Opportunities due to complexity in product development;20
3.5;1.5 Example of a race car development;22
3.6;1.6 Requirements for effective complexity management;26
4;2 Complexity in the context of product design;31
4.1;2.1 Definitions and characteristics;32
4.2;2.2 Problems with handling complexity;40
4.3;2.3 Complexity management strategies;41
4.4;2.4 Opportunities of controlled complexity;46
4.5;2.5 Structure consideration for controlling complexity;47
4.6;2.6 Significance of complexity in product design;51
5;3 Methods for managing complex data in product design;53
5.1;3.1 Overview of applied methodologies;53
5.2;3.2 Application of graph theory;57
5.3;3.3 Matrix-based approaches;59
5.4;3.4 Status quo of applied methods;69
6;4 The procedure of structural complexity management;71
6.1;4.1 Applicability of conventional complexity management;71
6.2;4.2 Procedure of structural complexity management;72
7;5 Modeling the Multiple-Domain Matrix;77
7.1;5.1 Actually applied system definitions;77
7.2;5.2 The construction of the Multiple-Domain Matrix;79
7.3;5.3 The items of the Multiple-Domain Matrix;82
7.4;5.4 A system definition by the Multiple-Domain Matrix;88
8;6 Information acquisition;89
8.1;6.1 Requirements for assuring data quality;89
8.2;6.2 Information extraction from available data sets;92
8.3;6.3 Information acquisition from interviews;93
8.4;6.4 Representation of system structures;97
8.5;6.5 Representing structural contexts by graphs and matrices;108
9;7 Deduction of indirect dependencies;109
9.1;7.1 Information acquisition in domain-spanning contexts;109
9.2;7.2 Deduction of indirect dependencies from Multiple-Domain Matrices;111
9.3;7.3 Logics for the deduction of indirect dependencies;114
9.4;7.4 Strategies for the deduction of indirect dependencies;124
10;8 Structure analysis;129
10.1;8.1 Matrix-based methods of structure analysis;132
10.2;8.2 Structure analysis based on graph theory;136
10.3;8.3 Effective procedure of structure analysis;149
11;9 Product design application;153
11.1;9.1 Structure manual;154
11.2;9.2 Structure potentials;159
12;10 Use case: Automotive safety development;165
12.1;10.1 Problem Description;165
12.2;10.3 Information acquisition;168
12.3;10.4 Deduction of indirect dependencies;169
12.4;10.5 Structure analysis;171
12.5;10.6 Product design application;173
13;11 Use case: Development of high pressure pumps;181
13.1;11.1 Problem description;181
13.2;11.2 System definition;182
13.3;11.3 Information acquisition;184
13.4;11.4 Deduction of indirect dependencies;186
13.5;11.5 Structure analysis;189
13.6;11.6 Product design application;191
14;Literature;199
15;Appendix;207
15.1;A1 Deduction of indirect dependencies;208
15.2;A2 Analysis criteria for single-domain networks;211
15.3;A3 Methods for the construction of a structure manual;242
16;Index;247