TY - GEN
T1 - A meta model of the innovation process to support the decision making process using structural complexity management
AU - Kortler, Sebastian
AU - Lindemann, Udo
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The innovation process is characterized by numerous interactions of numerous domains. Cyclic interdependencies intensify the pressure in terms of quality and schedule, causing shortened testing phases, frequent releases of new models, and thus hardly calculable risks. Structural Complexity management is established in order to avoid wrong decisions, instable processes and error-prone solutions. Therefore, Structural Complexity Management evaluates system's characteristics by analyzing system's underlying structures across multiple domains, condensing each single analysis into one big matrix that represents multiple domains at a time. Identifying suitable perspectives, generating suitable models and using suitable analyze criteria are the challenges in this field. In order to support the manufacturing of innovative products and thus the evaluation and interpretation of the system's underlying structure this paper proposes a meta model. The created model describes the author's perspective on entities arising during the innovations process and their interactions. The proposed model is used to simplify the decision making processes and to enable the management of cyclic interdependencies during the innovation process.
AB - The innovation process is characterized by numerous interactions of numerous domains. Cyclic interdependencies intensify the pressure in terms of quality and schedule, causing shortened testing phases, frequent releases of new models, and thus hardly calculable risks. Structural Complexity management is established in order to avoid wrong decisions, instable processes and error-prone solutions. Therefore, Structural Complexity Management evaluates system's characteristics by analyzing system's underlying structures across multiple domains, condensing each single analysis into one big matrix that represents multiple domains at a time. Identifying suitable perspectives, generating suitable models and using suitable analyze criteria are the challenges in this field. In order to support the manufacturing of innovative products and thus the evaluation and interpretation of the system's underlying structure this paper proposes a meta model. The created model describes the author's perspective on entities arising during the innovations process and their interactions. The proposed model is used to simplify the decision making processes and to enable the management of cyclic interdependencies during the innovation process.
KW - Cycle management
KW - Meta model
KW - Structural complexity management
KW - Structural criteria
KW - Structural meanings
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858803964&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84858803964
SN - 9781904670247
T3 - ICED 11 - 18th International Conference on Engineering Design - Impacting Society Through Engineering Design
SP - 410
EP - 419
BT - ICED 11 - 18th International Conference on Engineering Design - Impacting Society Through Engineering Design
T2 - 18th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 11
Y2 - 15 August 2011 through 18 August 2011
ER -