TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating product development task interactions using network analysis
AU - Collins, Shawn
AU - Yassine, Ali A.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This paper proposes the integration of two useful systems engineering analysis tools, the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) and Network Analysis (NA) to study task interactions in a Product Development Process (PDP) using a small engineering company as a case study. The DSM is a matrix-based systems engineering tool that enables streamlining of the PDP through task sequencing and simulation of project execution. NA techniques such as key players, centrality, influence, and brokerage provide methods to identify critical product development tasks and interactions to focus PDP improvement. Collecting interactions between product development tasks in matrix form provides opportunities to use DSM and NA techniques to identify highly central tasks and identify patterns of cross-coupling between tasks and the groups performing those tasks. One benefit is the ability to describe feedback characteristics of critical PDP tasks. This is valuable when evaluating the impact of omitting, combining, or resequencing task execution based on program-specific constraints.
AB - This paper proposes the integration of two useful systems engineering analysis tools, the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) and Network Analysis (NA) to study task interactions in a Product Development Process (PDP) using a small engineering company as a case study. The DSM is a matrix-based systems engineering tool that enables streamlining of the PDP through task sequencing and simulation of project execution. NA techniques such as key players, centrality, influence, and brokerage provide methods to identify critical product development tasks and interactions to focus PDP improvement. Collecting interactions between product development tasks in matrix form provides opportunities to use DSM and NA techniques to identify highly central tasks and identify patterns of cross-coupling between tasks and the groups performing those tasks. One benefit is the ability to describe feedback characteristics of critical PDP tasks. This is valuable when evaluating the impact of omitting, combining, or resequencing task execution based on program-specific constraints.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878080375
SN - 9781605601199
T3 - 17th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2007 - Systems Engineering: Key to Intelligent Enterprises
SP - 1491
EP - 1505
BT - 17th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2007 - Systems Engineering
T2 - 17th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2007
Y2 - 24 June 2007 through 28 June 2007
ER -