Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model

Julian Wilberg; Iris D. Tommelein; Fatos Elezi; Udo Lindemann

doi:10.1109/SMC.2015.137

Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model

Julian Wilberg
, Iris D. Tommelein
, Fatos Elezi
, Udo Lindemann

Chair of Product Development and Lightweight Design

Technical University of Munich
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Engineering change management (ECM) is crucial for the overall success of engineering projects in general. Engineering changes (ECs) are required to react to internal and external dynamic influences surrounding projects. Proper implementation of ECM supports projects in coordinating EC processes, which results in more efficient operations. There are, however, many challenges when it comes to implementing ECM in an organization. One of the identified challenges is that there are no approaches that address and support the implementation of ECM from systemic perspective. In this paper such an approach is introduced, based on the Viable System Model (VSM). For this, functional abstraction is used as a research methodology to derive a functional description of the as-is ECM control system and the should-be one. Comparing both reveals the potential to improve the as-is ECM. The developed approach is then applied in a case study to describe how it supports ECM. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	731-736
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479986965
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2015.137
State	Published - 12 Jan 2016
Event	IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015 - Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Duration: 9 Oct 2015 → 12 Oct 2015

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Name	Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Kowloon Tong
Period	9/10/15 → 12/10/15

Keywords

Engineering change management
Management Cybernetics
Organizational Cybernetics
Viable System Model

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Wilberg, J., Tommelein, I. D., Elezi, F., & Lindemann, U. (2016). Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model. In Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015 (pp. 731-736). Article 7379269 (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2015.137

Wilberg, Julian ; Tommelein, Iris D. ; Elezi, Fatos et al. / Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model. Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 731-736 (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015).

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Wilberg, J, Tommelein, ID, Elezi, F & Lindemann, U 2016, Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model. in Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015., 7379269, Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 731-736, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, 9/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2015.137

Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model. / Wilberg, Julian; Tommelein, Iris D.; Elezi, Fatos et al.
Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 731-736 7379269 (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015).

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Wilberg J, Tommelein ID, Elezi F, Lindemann U. Supporting the Implementation of Engineering Change Management with the Viable System Model. In Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 731-736. 7379269. (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015). doi: 10.1109/SMC.2015.137

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