TY - GEN
T1 - Aligning multiple domains of design processes
AU - Kreimeyer, M.
AU - Eichinger, M.
AU - Lindemann, U.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Concurrent engineering processes are, in reality, a network of interlinked elements belonging to different domains such as process steps, information objects, organizational units, IT-resources, milestones, durations, decisions, and more. When trying to understand such a complex system, e.g. in business process reengineering projects, common approaches often regard only a single domain and therefore neglect other interdependencies that often turn out to be just as crucial. Using examples from a current project with a major German automotive manufacturer, an approach using design structure matrices as well as domain mapping matrices (combining them to obtain a Multiple Domain Matrix (MDM)) is shown to represent the existing multitude of process elements in a common model. The multiple domains can then be reduced to a single-domain view, which allows further examination of indirect process-structures (e.g. misalignment between indirect and real organizational structures). Examples for possible types of misalignment are given by comparing the as-is situation with the obtained results from MDM analysis in a case study.
AB - Concurrent engineering processes are, in reality, a network of interlinked elements belonging to different domains such as process steps, information objects, organizational units, IT-resources, milestones, durations, decisions, and more. When trying to understand such a complex system, e.g. in business process reengineering projects, common approaches often regard only a single domain and therefore neglect other interdependencies that often turn out to be just as crucial. Using examples from a current project with a major German automotive manufacturer, an approach using design structure matrices as well as domain mapping matrices (combining them to obtain a Multiple Domain Matrix (MDM)) is shown to represent the existing multitude of process elements in a common model. The multiple domains can then be reduced to a single-domain view, which allows further examination of indirect process-structures (e.g. misalignment between indirect and real organizational structures). Examples for possible types of misalignment are given by comparing the as-is situation with the obtained results from MDM analysis in a case study.
KW - Dependency
KW - Design process
KW - Design structure matrix
KW - Domain mapping matrix
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862595407&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862595407
SN - 1904670024
SN - 9781904670025
T3 - Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design
BT - Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design
T2 - 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2007
Y2 - 28 July 2007 through 31 July 2007
ER -