TY - GEN
T1 - Associations between factors influencing engineering design communication
AU - Maier, Anja M.
AU - Hepperle, Clemens
AU - Kreimeyer, Matthias
AU - Eckert, Claudia
AU - Lindemann, Udo
AU - Clarkson, P. John
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The design of complex products, such as aero engines or cars, requires the co-ordination of many different individuals and groups of designers. Communication has been identified by many researchers and practitioners in industry as a major determinant of success or failure in design projects. Communication is influenced by manifold factors on different levels, be it through product attributes, information and media-specific factors or factors arising from organisational and team structures, and individual activities. Understanding of associations between these factors supports successful communication management. This paper presents associations between selected factors influencing communication. It shows a network of correlating factors covering a number of aspects of communication in engineering design and focuses particularly on 'collaboration', 'mutual trust', 'overview of sequence of tasks in the design process', and 'autonomy of task execution'.
AB - The design of complex products, such as aero engines or cars, requires the co-ordination of many different individuals and groups of designers. Communication has been identified by many researchers and practitioners in industry as a major determinant of success or failure in design projects. Communication is influenced by manifold factors on different levels, be it through product attributes, information and media-specific factors or factors arising from organisational and team structures, and individual activities. Understanding of associations between these factors supports successful communication management. This paper presents associations between selected factors influencing communication. It shows a network of correlating factors covering a number of aspects of communication in engineering design and focuses particularly on 'collaboration', 'mutual trust', 'overview of sequence of tasks in the design process', and 'autonomy of task execution'.
KW - Communication
KW - Concurrent engineering
KW - Empirical case studies in industry
KW - Network of factors
KW - Product development organisations
KW - Representations
KW - Research and development management
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862593633
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 -