ENGINEERING GRAPH AS AN APPROACH TO SUPPORT DESIGN DECISIONS IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Abstract The requirements space is increasing due to non-functional areas such as security, resilience and sustainability gaining in importance. This creates a complex and dynamic space which makes it hard for engineers to take good data driven design decisions. Increasing the quality of design deci...

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Published inProceedings of the Design Society Vol. 3; pp. 1625 - 1634
Main Authors Schweitzer, Gregor, Bitzer, Michael, Vielhaber, Michael
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.07.2023
Subjects
Design
Design engineering
Flexibility
Information sources
International conferences
Knowledge
Product development
Product life cycle
Production planning
Sustainability
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Summary:Abstract The requirements space is increasing due to non-functional areas such as security, resilience and sustainability gaining in importance. This creates a complex and dynamic space which makes it hard for engineers to take good data driven design decisions. Increasing the quality of design decisions allows to better set up development projects and develop more successful products and services. The design can most heavily be influenced in the early design phases, where design flexibility is high and resource commitment is low. Unfortunately, the system knowledge is also low in early phases. The Engineering Graph is a concept that connects data from different internal and external sources. It allows to connect product data stored in Product Lifecycle Management systems with system models and also add external sources from the Wikimedia Knowledge Graph, World Health Organization and World Bank. This interconnected data allows the support of engineers in managing the complex and dynamic requirement space and provide high system knowledge in the early design phases to support design decisions.
ISSN:2732-527X
2732-527X
DOI:10.1017/pds.2023.163