Aircraft design

Service

Name. Series aircraft design.

Design object. Aircraft similar to other aircraft identified by the same grouping key.

Specifics. Design a variation of aircraft identified by the same grouping key.

Situation

Description. A team of designers is tasked to design a series aircraft. The team consists of senior designers and junior designers.

Critical success factors. Junior designers slow down whenever there are no senior designers looking over their shoulders or sparring with them.

Current position. The service is less valuable than desired.

Ambition

Kind of advantage to achieve. Valuable in terms of team performance.

Formulation. The design team designs a series aircraft more quickly.

Possibilities

Options. Ways to design a series aircraft more quickly:

• Learn how senior designers design.

Analysis. Worth pursuing.

Expectations

Ways to design a series aircraft more quickly:

• Learn how senior designers design.
• Reduce waste in the design process.

Frame

To design a series aircraft more quickly, wisdom comes with experience:

• Learn how senior designers design.

Problem

Question. How can junior designers learn how senior designers design?

Issue. Senior designers are not aware of their way of working.

Prognosis. Favourable: there are possibilities to do something about it.

Concept

Question. How can junior designers learn how senior designers design?

Idea. Learn how to use design rationale while designing.

Solution

Idea. Learn how to use design rationale while designing.

Action.

1. Find out how senior designers retrieve and reuse design rationale of aircraft identified by the same grouping key.
2. Find out how senior designers revise and retain design rationale of aircraft while designing.
3. Train junior designers on how to use design rationale while designing.