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Modelling the planning system in design and development

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Wynn, DC 
Clarkson, PJ 

Abstract

© 2017 Springer-Verlag London Ltd. Engineering design and development projects involve a multitude of plans in various formats. Such documents are created, used and updated throughout a project. We argue that the interactions among plan documents, their content, their stakeholders and the planning processes can be usefully perceived as a planning system. The planning system is instrumental in coordinating a design and development project and thus strongly influences how it unfolds. In this article, a survey tool is developed to assess a planning system from its stakeholders’ perspective. Results from the survey are analysed using Multiple-Domain Matrix (MDM) methodology to derive insights and suggestions for improvement. The approach is developed and demonstrated through a case study in a company that develops advanced electronic scientific instruments.

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Keywords

Planning system, Design and development, Employee survey, Multiple domain matrix, Change propagation, Case study

Journal Title

Research in Engineering Design

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Journal ISSN

0934-9839
1435-6066

Volume Title

30

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC