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Design Process Planning Using DSM

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Managing the Dynamics of New Product Development Processes

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Complex product development processesProduct Development Processes (PDP) can be managed by mapping them through various kinds of project flowcharts and diagrams. The commonly used GANTTGANTT and PERTPERT charts are inadequate for planning design processesDesign process planning, as they do not effectively model the design activities interdependencies and process iterationsIteration (feedback loops) (Lévárdy et al. 2004; Yassine 2007). A comprehensive survey of methods used for modeling design processes is given in (Browning et al. 2006). The use of multiple views of the different representations for different stakeholders is presented in (Clarkson and Hamilton 2000; Flanagan et al. 2006; Keller et al. 2006; Wynn 2007).

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    Few articles use the opposite convention; upper diagonal expresses forward links (e.g., Browning 2001; Lévárdy et al. 2004). When graphically adding the activity duration, such representation resembles GANTT. The common approach (subdiagonal indicates forward links) is used in this research.

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Karniel, A., Reich, Y. (2011). Design Process Planning Using DSM. In: Managing the Dynamics of New Product Development Processes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-570-5_3

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