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Improving Project–Product Lifecycle Management with Model–Based Design Structure Matrix: A joint project management and systems engineering approach

  1. Amira Sharon1,
  2. Olivier L. de Weck2,
  3. Dov Dori1,*

Article first published online: 1 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1002/sys.21240

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Sharon, A., de Weck, O. L. and Dori, D. (2013), Improving Project–Product Lifecycle Management with Model–Based Design Structure Matrix: A joint project management and systems engineering approach. Syst. Engin.. doi: 10.1002/sys.21240

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  1. 1

    Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

  2. 2

    Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

*Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

Publication History

  1. Article first published online: 1 JAN 2013
  2. Manuscript Revised: 25 AUG 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 25 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 11 JUN 2012

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Keywords:

  • engineering systems;
  • systems engineering;
  • systems engineering management;
  • project management;
  • Design Structure Matrix;
  • Model Based Systems Engineering;
  • Object–Process Methodology;
  • Project–Product Lifecycle Management

Abstract

We investigate potential benefits of employing the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) in the context of Model–Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for the purposes of analyzing and improving the design of a product–project ensemble. Focusing on process DSM, we present an algorithm for a bidirectional transformation framework between a product–project system model and its corresponding Model–Based DSM (MDSM). Using Object–Process Methodology (OPM) as the underlying modeling language, we examine and characterize useful and insightful relationships between the system model and its MDSM. An unmanned aerial vehicle case study demonstrates the semantics of and analogy between various types of relationships as they are reflected in both the OPM system model and the MDSM derived from it. We conclude with further research direction on showing how clustering of DSM processes can be reflected back as an improvement of the OPM model. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Syst Eng 16

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