TY - JOUR
T1 - From DSM-based planning to design process simulation
T2 - A review of process scheme logic verification issues
AU - Karniel, Arie
AU - Reich, Yoram
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Planning product development processes (PDP), and particularly new product development (NPD) processes, is complex and challenging. The plan should reflect the product-related knowledge, including the influences of performing changes in one product component on the need to rework the design of other components. Given the complexity, dynamics, and uncertainties of design processes (DPs), the plan evaluation requires simulation tools. The design structure matrix (DSM) is a known method for DP planning. However, the DSM itself does not express all the relevant information required for defining process logic. Many logic interpretations are applicable in different business cases; yet, a consistent method of transforming a DSM-based plan to a logically correct concurrent process model in the case of iterative activities is lacking. A gap was identified between the literature concerning activities sequencing based on DSM and the process modeling literature concerning process verification. This survey systematically classifies the approaches used in DSM-based process planning, and discusses their strengths and limitations with problems related to process modeling logic verification of iterative processes. Demonstration of the logic differences emphasizes the need for simulation-based decision making according to the specific process attributes.
AB - Planning product development processes (PDP), and particularly new product development (NPD) processes, is complex and challenging. The plan should reflect the product-related knowledge, including the influences of performing changes in one product component on the need to rework the design of other components. Given the complexity, dynamics, and uncertainties of design processes (DPs), the plan evaluation requires simulation tools. The design structure matrix (DSM) is a known method for DP planning. However, the DSM itself does not express all the relevant information required for defining process logic. Many logic interpretations are applicable in different business cases; yet, a consistent method of transforming a DSM-based plan to a logically correct concurrent process model in the case of iterative activities is lacking. A gap was identified between the literature concerning activities sequencing based on DSM and the process modeling literature concerning process verification. This survey systematically classifies the approaches used in DSM-based process planning, and discusses their strengths and limitations with problems related to process modeling logic verification of iterative processes. Demonstration of the logic differences emphasizes the need for simulation-based decision making according to the specific process attributes.
KW - Design process (DP)
KW - Design structure matrix (DSM)
KW - New product development (NPD) Petri nets (PN)
KW - Process knowledge
KW - Process verification
KW - Product development process (PDP)
KW - Project scheduling
KW - Simulation
KW - Workflow (WF)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350704887&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TEM.2009.2032032
DO - 10.1109/TEM.2009.2032032
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AN - SCOPUS:70350704887
SN - 0018-9391
VL - 56
SP - 636
EP - 649
JO - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
JF - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
IS - 4
ER -