Enabling Distributed Teams – A Process Model for Early and Continuous Method Validation

Duehr, Katharina; Grimminger, J.; Rapp, Simon; Albers, Albert; Bursac, Nikola

doi:10.1017/pds.2022.17

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“…For example, requirement U1 of the EDiT method is concerned with comprehending influencing factors of distributed product development which requires a validation, that addresses the particularities of distributed product development. Some of the requirements have already been investigated in validation studies conducted in the field with some of them being confirmed (Duehr et al, 2022). However, no systematic approach has been pursued yet to examine the requirements holistically.…”

Section: Design Methods To Improve Distributed Product Designmentioning

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“…The DRM proposes a validation based on three types of evaluation criteria: success evaluation, support evaluation, and application evaluation (Blessing & Chakrabarti, 2009). Based on the existing frameworks, Duehr et al (2022) specifically address the characteristics of distributed product design by developing a procedure for validating the EDiT method in field studies. However, the developed approach was specifically designed for validation studies in the field, so it lacks transferability to other research environments.…”

Section: Validation Of Design Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Validating a Design Method to Improve Collaboration in Distributed Product Design

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Kopp²,

Rapp³

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How Product and Manufacturing Design Enable Sustainable Companies and Societies

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One promising approach to deal with the increasingly complex and volatile conditions of product design is to work in distributed teams. However, this also poses new challenges that can result in efficiency and effectiveness losses. To overcome these challenges, the EDiT method -Enabling Distributed Teams -is currently being developed to enable distributed teams to identify and exploit improvement potentials in collaboration. To develop design methods that address the needs of their intended users, continuous and iterative validation during the whole method development process is of particular importance. This enables design methods to be adapted to the needs of their users at an early stage and to be further enhanced in a targetoriented manner. The question arises, what needs to be considered in supporting the continuous and iterative validation of the EDiT method. To address this need, this contribution focuses on the development of a process model that supports the method developer with the continuous and iterative validation of the EDiT method. To generate an understanding of what needs to be considered in supporting the validation of the EDiT method based on existing frameworks for method validation, three partial models were examined using a literature review, expert interviews, and a questionnaire. Each partial model yielded one key result: six paradigms outlining the validation of design methods, target relations to illustrate the interrelationships of the influences of the EDiT method, and nine requirements that are placed on a process model for the validation of the EDiT method. The underlying theoretical assumptions generated by the three partial models were eventually integrated into the process model. Finally, the results can be used to continuously improve the EDiT method while simultaneously demonstrate its benefits, to ultimately provide the potential for increased method acceptance in practice.

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Section: Design Methods To Improve Distributed Product Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Validation Of Design Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Validating a Design Method to Improve Collaboration in Distributed Product Design

Duehr¹,

Kopp²,

Rapp³

et al. 2022

How Product and Manufacturing Design Enable Sustainable Companies and Societies

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“…• How can the information about SE methods be prepared and made accessible to enable selection and use for different SE activities? The concept of this research is based on the Design Research Methodology (Blessing and Chakrabarti, 2009). The Descriptive Study I includes the analysis of current models to describe methods and an exploratory survey involving 17 participants from six companies that provides essential criteria to evaluate the solutions proposed.…”

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“…Early evaluation and feedback of solution concepts and results becomes relevant not only for the engineering of systems but also within method research (Duehr et al, 2022). Two semi-structured interviews with engineers from different companies were conducted to gather feedback on the applicability of the SEMM and the proposed method profile.…”

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Supporting Systems Engineering Activities by Artifact-Oriented Description and Selection of Methods

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Systems Engineering (SE) is becoming increasingly relevant in industrial application since more stakeholders are involved in engineering activities. To implement SE, companies have to adapt existing engineering processes and methods. This adaption requires knowledge about new methods as well as their integration into the engineering activities. In order to ensure goal-oriented identification of methods for different SE activities in this contribution an action field profile and the Systems Engineering Method Matrix are proposed. The development of both tools is driven by the assumption that most SE activities and methods can be described based on the artefacts the deliver. In order to get feedback about the proposed tools, semi-structured interviews with two industry partners were conducted, focussing on the tool's usability. These interviews underline the basic usability of the tools and their support to identify SE activities to be supported by (new) methods. Moreover, requirements for further development and adaption are derived from the interviews.

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“…Dieses Design einer Forschungsumgebung behebt wesentliche Probleme bei der Validierung von industriellen Entwicklungsprozessen. Bisher war die Erforschung während eines solchen Prozesses mit viel Zeit-und Kostenaufwand verbunden und das Kontrollieren von neuen Techniken, Methoden und Attributen in den bisherigen Umgebungen schwer durchzuführen, welche durch dieses Modell stark reduziert werden [15]. Die hierfür angewendete Forschungsmethode basiert auf der "Design Research Methodology" (DRM) [16].…”

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Engineering Simulator as a validation environment for sheet metal design methods

2023

DS 125: Proceedings of the 34th Symposium Design for X (DFX2023)

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This paper presents the development of an engineering simulator as a validation environment for sheet metal design methods. Therefore requirements of the engineering simulator are identified, such as "the duration of the engineering simulator shall be one day" and "the solutions must be suitable for sheet metal processing on the available machine tools". This engineering simulator is divided into seven steps, which include introduction (1), ideation (2), prototyping (3), construction (4), CAD-CAM programming (5), production (6) and testing (7). The results of this work can serve as a basis for the development and improvement of other development simulators and be unsed as a validation environment for the development of disgn methods.

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Enabling Distributed Teams – A Process Model for Early and Continuous Method Validation

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Validating a Design Method to Improve Collaboration in Distributed Product Design

Validating a Design Method to Improve Collaboration in Distributed Product Design

Supporting Systems Engineering Activities by Artifact-Oriented Description and Selection of Methods

Engineering Simulator as a validation environment for sheet metal design methods

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