Adaptable mechatronic engineering design processes: Process reference model and methodology

Christoph Hollauer, Lucia Becerril, Niklas Kattner, Dominik Weidmann, Nepomuk Chucholowski, Udo Lindemann

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Abstract

Mechatronic product development is a complex endeavor. Process and project management are approaches expected to handle the arising complexity in engineering design. Formal yet adaptable design processes have been identified as best practice in empirical studies, but an effective management requires appropriate process models. While general design methodologies in literature do exist, they are often very abstract and need to be adapted to an organization’s context as well as the context of its individual projects. In this paper, we present a reference model for mechatronic system design along with an initial methodology for systematic organization-specific process concretization. The reference model has been developed from a literature basis as well as in cooperation with five SMEs with a background in mechatronic system development, performing an analysis of the company-specific processes regarding commonality and differences.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch into Design for Communities, Volume 1 - Proceedings of ICoRD 2017
EditorsAmaresh Chakrabarti, Debkumar Chakrabarti
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages597-607
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9789811035173
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event6th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2017 - Guwahati, India
Duration: 9 Jan 201711 Jan 2017

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume65
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2017
Country/TerritoryIndia
City Guwahati
Period9/01/1711/01/17

Keywords

  • Interdisciplinary product development
  • Process adaptation
  • Process management

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