Research

Sector: Private

Industry: Construction

Domain: Tunnels

Describe

Organization. The design and construction of a tunnel involves designers from seven different disciplines. In a tunnel engineering project, they produce seven partial designs of a tunnel, one for each discipline, together forming an integral design. When they find alignment conflicts between the partial designs, they resolve them and modify their partial designs.

Environmental factors. A tunnel engineering project is a tender project. In the preparation phase, the information needed for design is limited. During execution, time and money are limited.

Challenge. The more alignment conflicts between partial designs, the more effort, time, and money it takes to resolve them.

Formulate

Goal. Increase performance.

Objective. Minimize the number of alignment conflicts between partial designs.

Benefits.

• Higher speed of creation.
• Less development costs.

Estimate

Worthwhile.

Identify

• Delivery / Formulation of a solution:
  • Develop a conflict-free partial design.
  • Combine partial designs into an integral design.

Classify

• As knowledge:
  • Combine partial designs into an integral design.
• As experience:
  • Develop a conflict-free partial design.

Compare

• By contribution to stakeholder needs:
  • Develop a conflict-free partial design.
  • Combine partial designs into an integral design.

Calculate

• No presence:
  • Develop a conflict-free partial design.

• Full presence:
  • Combine partial designs into an integral design.

Acquire

• System. Define a formal meta-model of designs as follows:
  1. Define an ontology of designs.
  2. Transform the ontology of designs into a formal meta-model.
• System. Create a digital repository of designs as follows:
  1. Create a digital repository.
  2. Implement the formal meta-model of designs in the digital repository.
• System. Create standard operating procedures for the following activities:
  • Manage a formal meta-model of designs.
  • Manage a digital repository of designs.
  • Develop a conflict-free partial design.

• Skills. Train designers in the following activities:
  • Manage a formal meta-model of designs.
  • Manage a digital repository of designs.
  • Develop a conflict-free partial design.

Sector: Private

Industry: Aerospace

Domain: Series aircraft

Describe

Organization. A team of designers is tasked to design an extended version of an aircraft. The team consists of senior designers and junior designers. When confronted with design issues, junior designers tend to slow down if no senior designers look over their shoulders or spar with them.

Environmental factors. Competition with other aircraft manufacturers.

Challenge. Less access to the capabilities of senior designers results in more time necessary to resolve a design issue.

Formulate

Goal. Increase performance.

Objective. Increase access to capabilities to design an extended version of an aircraft faster.

Benefits.

• More adaptation.
• Shorter time to market.

Estimate

Worthwhile.

Identify

• Delivery / Administration / Management / Planning:
  • Design an extended version of an aircraft.
    • Retrieve the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Reuse the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Revise the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Retain the design rationale of an aircraft.

Classify

• As experience:
  • Design an extended version of an aircraft.
    • Retrieve the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Reuse the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Revise the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Retain the design rationale of an aircraft.

Compare

• By contribution to organizational strategy:
  • Design an extended version of an aircraft.
    • Retrieve the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Reuse the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Revise the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Retain the design rationale of an aircraft.

Calculate

• Multiple presence:
  • Design an extended version of an aircraft.
    • Retrieve the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Reuse the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Revise the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Retain the design rationale of an aircraft.

Anchor

• System. Elicit and include as instructions in the standard operating procedure:
  • Design an extended version of an aircraft.
    • Retrieve the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Reuse the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Revise the design rationale of an aircraft.
    • Retain the design rationale of an aircraft.
• Skills. Train junior designers in the standard operating procedure.