TY - GEN
T1 - Manage interdisciplinarity based on requirements traceability a graph-based tool support for requirements traceability
AU - Dominik, Weidmann
AU - Udo, Lindemann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/11/29
Y1 - 2017/11/29
N2 - Mechatronic products become increasingly complex. A core aspect is that the involved disciplines are highly interdependent. Hence, the interdisciplinary coordination of discipline-spanning interfaces is a core issue for successful development. This contribution addresses the need for a better coordination in interdisciplinary development projects. Therefore, this contribution seizes a structured method to coordinate interdisciplinary issues, based on requirements traceability. The core aspect of the method is the connection of development artifacts in a graph based model: Products, functions, components, requirements, the organizational structure and their links are visualized. A set of rules is implemented to analyze the system in order derive coordination needs and affected objects and stakeholders. This method is successfully implemented into a software tool. The interdisciplinary coordination should be supported by analyses that quickly identify and visualize connections among these elements. For a further proof of feasibility, the tool was successfully applied in a semi-academic context. This evaluation case reveals further potential in the field of automated model generation.
AB - Mechatronic products become increasingly complex. A core aspect is that the involved disciplines are highly interdependent. Hence, the interdisciplinary coordination of discipline-spanning interfaces is a core issue for successful development. This contribution addresses the need for a better coordination in interdisciplinary development projects. Therefore, this contribution seizes a structured method to coordinate interdisciplinary issues, based on requirements traceability. The core aspect of the method is the connection of development artifacts in a graph based model: Products, functions, components, requirements, the organizational structure and their links are visualized. A set of rules is implemented to analyze the system in order derive coordination needs and affected objects and stakeholders. This method is successfully implemented into a software tool. The interdisciplinary coordination should be supported by analyses that quickly identify and visualize connections among these elements. For a further proof of feasibility, the tool was successfully applied in a semi-academic context. This evaluation case reveals further potential in the field of automated model generation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043486122&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/PICMET.2017.8125385
DO - 10.23919/PICMET.2017.8125385
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85043486122
T3 - PICMET 2017 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology: Technology Management for the Interconnected World, Proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 8
BT - PICMET 2017 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
A2 - Anderson, Timothy R.
A2 - Niwa, Kiyoshi
A2 - Kocaoglu, Dundar F.
A2 - Daim, Tugrul U.
A2 - Kozanoglu, Dilek Cetindamar
A2 - Perman, Gary
A2 - Steenhuis, Harm-Jan
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2017
Y2 - 9 July 2017 through 13 July 2017
ER -