Problem decomposition: the key to Agile sprints in Design Research
Paper in proceeding, 2023

In design research, parallelization and anticipation of tasks are crucial to having an effective impact on industry and society. In practice, however, parallelization and anticipation are difficult due to high inter-dependency among research problems and design supports. This paper proposes a framework to use the Design Structure Matrix combined with Axiomatic Design to isolate research problems and their design supports. This modular independence is an important building block to plan for quick and parallel agile design research "sprints". The application of the approach is illustrated through two practical examples. The results highlight the importance to control a limited number of interfaces to work "agile" in design research without wasteful rework.

validation

Design methodology

agile development

Research methodologies and methods

Design methods

Author

Massimo Panarotto

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Arindam Brahma

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Ola Isaksson

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Proceedings of the 25th International DSM Conference, DSM 2023

25th International DSM Conference (DSM 2023)
Gothenburg, Sweden,

Development of Interdisciplinary Assessment for manufacturing and deSign (DIAS)

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/887174), 2020-06-01 -- 2023-02-28.

VISP - Value and flexibility Impact analysis for Sustainable Production

FFI - Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation (2018-02692), 2018-10-01 -- 2022-09-30.

VINNOVA (2018-02692), 2018-10-01 -- 2022-09-30.

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Other Engineering and Technologies

DOI

10.35199/dsm2023.16

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