Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, COMA 2016 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings: Resource Efficiency for Global Competitiveness |
| Editors | Dimitri Dimitrov, Gert Adriaan Oosthuizen |
| Place of Publication | Stellenbosch |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch University |
| Pages | 101-107 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7972-1602-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Jan 2016 |
| Event | International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, COMA 2016: Resource Efficiency for Global Competitiveness - Stellenbosch, South Africa Duration: 27 Jan 2016 → 29 Jan 2016 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, COMA 2016 |
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| Abbreviated title | COMA |
| Country | South Africa |
| City | Stellenbosch |
| Period | 27/01/16 → 29/01/16 |
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Keywords
- Design method
- uncertainty
- decision making
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Incertitudes in design decisions : Impediments or instruments? / de Lange, J.; Oude Luttikhuis, E.J.; Lutters, E.
International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, COMA 2016: Proceedings: Resource Efficiency for Global Competitiveness. ed. / Dimitri Dimitrov; Gert Adriaan Oosthuizen. Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016. p. 101-107.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Incertitudes in design decisions
T2 - Impediments or instruments?
AU - de Lange, J.
AU - Oude Luttikhuis, E.J.
AU - Lutters, E.
PY - 2016/1/27
Y1 - 2016/1/27
N2 - In product development, reasoning based on information content progressively complements sheer process driven approaches. Here, the coherent set of design decisions is seen as the backbone that enables the design team to initiate, substantiate and assess the evolvement of development trajectories against the context and the requirement specification. Habitually, design decisions are seen as means to reduce uncertainty in development cycles, while implicitly disavowing or ignoring the elusivenesses of the decisions themselves. A different approach is taken here, by making the role of uncertainty, ambiguity, volatility and indeterminism in decision making explicit, both as concerns the underlying information and the process itself. For now, this does not yet overthrow the way in which products are developed, but it does substantiate an understanding of decision accuracy, reliability and sensitivity. With this, product developers are challenged to explicitly address design decisions by purposefully employing knowledge on the incertitudes inherent to product development.
AB - In product development, reasoning based on information content progressively complements sheer process driven approaches. Here, the coherent set of design decisions is seen as the backbone that enables the design team to initiate, substantiate and assess the evolvement of development trajectories against the context and the requirement specification. Habitually, design decisions are seen as means to reduce uncertainty in development cycles, while implicitly disavowing or ignoring the elusivenesses of the decisions themselves. A different approach is taken here, by making the role of uncertainty, ambiguity, volatility and indeterminism in decision making explicit, both as concerns the underlying information and the process itself. For now, this does not yet overthrow the way in which products are developed, but it does substantiate an understanding of decision accuracy, reliability and sensitivity. With this, product developers are challenged to explicitly address design decisions by purposefully employing knowledge on the incertitudes inherent to product development.
KW - Design method
KW - uncertainty
KW - decision making
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-0-7972-1602-0
SP - 101
EP - 107
BT - International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, COMA 2016
A2 - Dimitrov, Dimitri
A2 - Oosthuizen, Gert Adriaan
PB - Stellenbosch University
CY - Stellenbosch
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