TY - GEN
T1 - Partitioning tasks to product development teams
AU - Braha, Dan
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - The principle of partitioning tasks among product development teams so as to minimize the cost of interactions across design teams is an important characteristic of complex engineered systems. Although there is growing literature that deals with the proper organization of product development tasks, little attention is given to rigorous modeling of the phenomena. To fill the void, we present a mathematical formulation for the problem. Two main issues are addressed by the model: 1) how to specify task dependencies, and 2) how to optimally partition the tasks among a number of teams. Characteristics of the problem are analyzed, and an efficient solution procedure is proposed. The developed model and solution technique can be applied to various scales of the product design and development process, and may open a variety of interesting questions.
AB - The principle of partitioning tasks among product development teams so as to minimize the cost of interactions across design teams is an important characteristic of complex engineered systems. Although there is growing literature that deals with the proper organization of product development tasks, little attention is given to rigorous modeling of the phenomena. To fill the void, we present a mathematical formulation for the problem. Two main issues are addressed by the model: 1) how to specify task dependencies, and 2) how to optimally partition the tasks among a number of teams. Characteristics of the problem are analyzed, and an efficient solution procedure is proposed. The developed model and solution technique can be applied to various scales of the product design and development process, and may open a variety of interesting questions.
KW - Clustering
KW - Decomposition
KW - Nearly Decomposable Systems
KW - Partitioning
KW - Product Development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036978658&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/detc2002/dtm-34031
DO - 10.1115/detc2002/dtm-34031
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0036978658
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
SP - 333
EP - 344
BT - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 14th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology Integrated Systems Design Theme: Aircraft Systems
Y2 - 29 September 2002 through 2 October 2002
ER -