Design Management: A Collaborative Design Solution

2013 ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maged Elaasar ◽  
James Conallen
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Design Management

Integral Morphological C-K Design Approach for Multi-Disciplinary Building Design

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-458
Author(s):  
Wim Zeiler ◽  
Perica Savanovic
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Design Process Model ◽  
Integrate Design

This paper presents a theoretical approach to collaborative design management. The goal is to integrate design and engineering knowledge in the conceptual phase of building design. Based on an integral design process model, morphological overviews are used as a tool to implement C-K (concept-knowledge) theory, to increase knowledge creation and to stimulate knowledge exchange within the building design team. The project was carried out in close cooperation with professional societies within the building design field. The set-ups of the workshops used to implement and to test the theoretical approach are presented as well as the experiences of the participants. More than 100 experienced professionals participated in the workshops and the workshops now have become part of the permanent professional training program of one of the professional societies.

An Agent-Based Approach to Collaborative Product Design

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Xun Wang ◽  
Ming Xi Tang
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Data Structures ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Collaborative Product Design ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Representation Scheme ◽  
New Framework

The growth of computer science and technology has brought new opportunities for multidisciplinary designers and engineers to collaborate with each other in a concurrent and coordinated manner. The development of computational agents with unified data structures and software protocols can contribute to the establishment of a new way of working in collaborative design, which is increasingly becoming an international practice. In this paper, we first propose a computational model of collaborative product design management aiming to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the cooperation and coordination among participating disciplines. Then, we present a new framework of collaborative design which adopts an agent-based approach and relocates designers, managers, systems, and supporting agents in a unified knowledge representation scheme for product design. An agent-based system is now being implemented and the design of a set of dinning table and chairs is chosen to demonstrate how the system can help designers in the management and coordination of the collaborative product design process.

A Computational Model of Collaborative Creativity

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Banerjee ◽  
Juan C. Quiroz ◽  
Sushil J. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Fitness Evaluation ◽  
Interactive Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Social Creativity ◽  
Opening Up

The role of collaboration in the realm of social creativity has been the focus of cutting edge research in design studies. In this paper, the authors investigate the role of collaboration in the process of creative design and propose a computational model of creativity based on the newly proposed meta-design approach. Meta-design is a unique participatory approach to design that deals with opening up of design solution spaces, and is aimed at creating a viable social platform for collaborative design. A meta-design-based collaborative approach to the design process may achieve ET-creativity by expanding the conceptual space of design beyond what would have been possible by individual, non-collaborative design. The model has been implemented using interactive genetic algorithms, which casts the design problem as an optimization problem and uses a set of collaborative users for subjective fitness evaluation. The design problems investigated include the collaborative design of architectural floorplans and editorial design of brochures.

scholarly journals Problems and Challenges in the Interactions of Design Teams of Construction Projects: A Bibliometric Study

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 461
Author(s):  
Eduardo I. Galaz-Delgado ◽  
Rodrigo F. Herrera ◽  
Edison Atencio ◽  
Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera ◽  
Clarissa N. Biotto
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Role Identification ◽  
Team Interactions ◽  
Three Stages

There is no comprehensive understanding of the problems that may impact the performance of the different actors that participate in the design of construction projects. In the absence of clarity about the problems and challenges that may impact the interactions, it is not possible to propose action plans to optimize the performance of the design teams. Therefore, this study proposes to identify the main problems and challenges in the interactions of design teams in building projects. A mixed review method is used to integrate bibliometric reviews, systematic reviews, and social network analysis to build a complete picture of the reviewed topic while highlighting certain key areas to ensure in-depth research. To achieve the objective of this work, the research was divided into three stages: (1) study of interactions in design teams; (2) identification of problems in design team interactions; and (3) study of problems in design team interactions. Through this study, four current major trends of research were identified: (1) Collaboration and BIM; (2) Design teams in the construction industry; (3) Design management; and (4) Collaborative design methodologies and processes. In addition, the most relevant problems or challenges within design team interactions arise in communication, collaboration, coordination, trust, and role identification.

scholarly journals Agile methodologies applied to Integrated Concurrent Engineering for spacecraft design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Álvarez ◽  
E. Roibás-Millán
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Space Mission ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Spacecraft Design ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
Space Projects ◽  
General Aspects

AbstractIn recent years, space projects have evolved to faster and more variable projects. To adjust the design processes in accordance, new work methodologies arise, as the Concurrent Engineering (CE). This working discipline is characterized by collaborative design and the flux of information being improved by working in a dedicated environment. CE has been recently adopted by space industry for the preliminary design phase of spacecrafts and other space systems. However, this methodology does not envisage tasks prioritization, which is a fundamental aspect to achieve an optimal design solution with an efficient allocation of resources. In this work a variation of CE discipline by applying Agile methodologies (in which the aspect of task prioritization is essential), is proposed. Agile methodologies allow the proper distribution of the design effort depending on the project priorities, the state of the design and the requirements, in a continuous process to improve the design solution. The general aspects of the proposed method are presented and applied to the design of a space mission, the results being analysed and compared with to the classical CE process in order to outline its differences and similarities with CE and Agile methodologies and show its potential for a new environment for space project design.

scholarly journals Comparison of Rep Rap and Davinci OSD Repositories: Is any Influence from Academic Origin?

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Claudia Andressa Cruz Affonso ◽  
Gisele Rodrigues Atayde ◽  
Daniel Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Autonomous Community ◽  
Different Origins

AbstractThe open source design (OSD) is an autonomous community dedicated to design new hardware products, peer-to-peer, with collaborative design and intellectual property copyleft, using web platforms to share projects. The research about these platforms indicates absence of important configuration management features as versioning, headlines and coding. One possible explanation for such finding is that these products are developed by non-designers. This argument was investigated comparing projects from two OSD communities, on the same theme, but with different origins. The hypothesis is that academically-influenced communities present better design management practices for repositories than others created by non-specialists. The hypothesis was not verified and the results show that there is no difference in the proportion of BO types or level of detail. However, it was identified five distinct characteristics: those of academic origin the communication is better detailed, the purpose is associated with methodological support, the structure of information promotes redundancy, the target-audience is the technicians and the success of project is associated with the number of interactions.

Collaborative Work Heterogeneous Data Sharing and Application Based on Petri Net

2011 ◽  
Vol 421 ◽  
pp. 732-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Ping Hao ◽  
Hao Qiu Huang ◽  
Peng Fei Zeng ◽  
Wei Ping Shao
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Petri Net ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Management System ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Modeling Processes ◽  
Design Management

Based on profound research of the characters on Petri Net, the concept of collaborative work heterogeneous data sharing (CWHDS) was proposed, and elaborated the modeling processes of CWHDS based on Petri Net. Furthermore, this paper used heterogeneous data queue to serve as the access station of CWHDS, and further discussed the translation and firing rule on Petri Net in relation to heterogeneous data queue. Finally, an application instance of multi-disciplinary collaborative design management system (MCDMS) based on CWHDS was introduced.

A Computational Model of Collaborative Creativity

2013 ◽  
pp. 132-152
Author(s):  
Amit Banerjee ◽  
Juan C. Quiroz ◽  
Sushil J. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Fitness Evaluation ◽  
Collaborative Creativity ◽  
Interactive Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Opening Up

The role of collaboration in the realm of social creativity has been the focus of cutting edge research in design studies. In this paper, the authors investigate the role of collaboration in the process of creative design and propose a computational model of creativity based on the newly proposed meta-design approach. Meta-design is a unique participatory approach to design that deals with opening up of design solution spaces, and is aimed at creating a viable social platform for collaborative design. A meta-design-based collaborative approach to the design process may achieve ET-creativity by expanding the conceptual space of design beyond what would have been possible by individual, non-collaborative design. The model has been implemented using interactive genetic algorithms, which casts the design problem as an optimization problem and uses a set of collaborative users for subjective fitness evaluation. The design problems investigated include the collaborative design of architectural floorplans and editorial design of brochures.

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