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The consideration of complexity in product design shows that managing complex structural dependencies represents both a major challenge and a success factor for enterprises. Complexity not only appears in specific sections of product design, but it is also a concomitant feature throughout the entire process in all relevant process domains and their linkages. Methods applied to complexity management generally focus on specific development tasks (e.g., identification of conflicting requirements) or particular objectives (e.g., product modularization).
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Lindemann, U., Maurer, M., Braun, T. (2009). The procedure of structural complexity management. In: Structural Complexity Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87889-6_4
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