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2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 187-196
Author(s):  
N. Horvat ◽  
S. Škec ◽  
T. Martinec ◽  
F. Lukačević ◽  
M. M. Perišić

AbstractThis paper suggests that analysing the effect of visualisation technologies during design reviews should include variables related to design reviewers’ expertise and focus on the process variables rather than the outcomes. The experiment showed better averages in terms of design understanding for groups in desktop interface than for groups in virtual reality. However, the observed difference might also be due to experience with the technology. Finally, regardless of the visualisation technology, higher expertise group showed consistently better design understanding than lower expertise groups.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2157-2166
Author(s):  
S. M. Syal ◽  
E. F. MacDonald

AbstractWhile solar photovoltaics are projected to grow, major financial barriers exist that impede installation. Soft costs (human-driven costs) can account for over half of total project costs and are often simplified in typical models. We use the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's “Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool” to quantify uncertainty of three soft cost inputs and their influence on the output cost of energy using variance-based sensitivity indices. We then suggest how the development process and model can be redesigned to represent the complexities of this socio-technical system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1725-1734 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Hansen ◽  
L. S. Jensen ◽  
A. G. Özkil ◽  
N. M. Martins Pacheco

AbstractPrototyping is an essential activity in product development, but novice designers lack awareness and purpose when they prototype. To foster prototyping mindsets in novice designers, we introduce a prototyping support tool that structures prototyping activities. This paper outlines the Prototyping Planner's development, evolution, and evaluation by 125 novice designers. The majority of novice designers’ experienced that the Prototyping Planner helped them create purposeful prototypes and evaluate results from prototyping.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1205-1214
Author(s):  
N. Becattini ◽  
G. V. Georgiev ◽  
Y. Barhoush ◽  
G. Cascini

AbstractThe paper presents the application of non-specialized lexical database and semantic metrics on transcripts of co-design protocols. Three different and previously analyzed design protocols of co-creative sessions in the field of packaging design, carried out with different supporting tools, are used as test-bench to highlight the potential of this approach. The results show that metrics about the Information Content and the Similarity maps with sufficient precision the differences between ICT- and non-ICT-supported sessions so that it is possible to envision future refinement of the approach.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 877-886
Author(s):  
E. Garrelts ◽  
D. Roth ◽  
H. Binz

AbstractThis contribution investigates how methods for functional modeling support designers with additive manufacturing. Therefore, two methods for functional modeling are examined. In this contribution a study with 32 participants is presented. The participants solved two consecutive design tasks, in which some participants were supported by functional modeling methods in the second task. The study shows that students have the most difficulties in dealing with the geometric restrictions of Laser Beam Melting (LBM). Furthermore, the support value of functional modeling was not able to be assessed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1891-1900
Author(s):  
A. N. Feldman ◽  
F. Patou ◽  
A. M. Maier

AbstractHow can we design and engineer research that leads to the development and effective implementation of complex healthcare interventions? We advocate for a systems design-based approach when initiating clinical research to anticipate the proposition of complex interventions. Using cognitive care as an example, we investigate how hybrid design-inspired methodologies can promote organisational effectiveness and how strong clinical evidence can support successful conceptualisation and uptake of novel interventions into routine clinical practice.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 587-596
Author(s):  
T. Herrmann ◽  
D. Roth ◽  
H. Binz

AbstractOne challenge within idea management of the front end of the design process is the handling of radical ideas, meaning ideas with a high degree of novelty. Companies are approaching radical and incremental ideas frequently with the same methods, although many reasoned claims exists for treating ideas differently according to the degree of novelty. The paper aims to address the fact that ambidexterity does not play any specific role in the front end. Therefore, a framework of an extended idea process model based on the idea of ambidexterity is shown and initial test results are presented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2255-2264
Author(s):  
J. Batista ◽  
A. Hassan ◽  
E. Bonjour

AbstractSystems engineering (SE) is a general methodological approach that includes all relevant activities to design, develop and verify a system. This work was based on the need to enhance the integration of the customer needs into the design phases of SE. A joint methodology was proposed integrating the SE approach with the Design Thinking (DT). An analysis was conducted as part of a case study proposed by IBM Corporation for the development of a security system for a building. The results confirm that the insertion of the DT in the SE has a significant impact on the generation of concept solutions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2455-2464
Author(s):  
O. Bleisinger ◽  
S. Forte ◽  
C. Apostolov ◽  
M. Schmitt

AbstractDeveloping autonomous functions for complex systems leads to high demands on the consideration of dependencies to external actors in the usage phase. In Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), this can be achieved by modelling operational aspects. Operational aspects are model elements and their relationships to each other. In this contribution, modelling of operational aspects with a MBSE-approach will be demonstrated exemplary on a case study related to the development of a yacht with an autonomous docking assistant. Currently modelling operational aspects is not common in the civil sector.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 597-606
Author(s):  
D. Inkermann ◽  
M. Gürtler ◽  
A. Seegrün

AbstractReflection is understood as an integral part of designing and design processes. Despite the high relevance and an ongoing discussion about agile engineering, we found that reflection is rarley established in industrial practice. There is a need for an approach structuring the wide range of levels, stakeholders, objects and timing of reflections. The introduced RECAP framework is an important step towards a guideline (heuristic) for reflection in engineering projects. Based on the four dimensions objectives, stakeholders, objects, and processes it supports structured planning of reflection.


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