Assessing Principles of Set-‐Based Concurrent Engineering Using a Design Game
Tutor / Supervisor
Gustafsson, Göran
Student
Carbó Roma, Francesc
Document type
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Date
2011
rights
Restricted access - author's decision
Publisher
Chalmers University of Technology
UPCommons
Abstract
Product
development
is
a
strategic
function
in
many
companies
and
its
management
has
been
evolving
throughout
the
industrial
era.
This
project
contributes
to
the
emerging
field
of
Lean
Product
Development,
one
of
the
current
applied
strategies
that
has
high
potential
to
manage
the
resources
invested
to
bring
new
products
to
market.
The
objective
of
this
thesis
is
to
identify
some
of
the
key
factors
and
practices
to
apply
one
of
the
Lean
Product
Development
principles,
Set-‐Based
Concurrent
Engineering.
Although
the
Set
Based
Concurrent
Engineering
approach
has
been
identified
as
one
of
the
key
practices
to
succeed
in
Lean
Product
Development,
it
doesn't
exist
a
standard
methodology
for
applying
it
despite
of
the
industrial
sector
and
the
projects
characteristics.
In
this
thesis,
experimental
data
were
gathered
through
experimentation
with
groups
of
people
using
a
design
simulation
called
“Delta
Design
Game”
originally
developed
at
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology.
The
game
is
modified
in
order
to
reach
conclusions
during
the
research
and
to
enable
future
pedagogical
and
research
activities
regarding
set-‐based
strategies
applied
in
a
multidisciplinary
context.
The
thesis
concludes
with
several
recommendations
and
reflections
about
the
important
factors
that
enable
or
hinder
set-‐based
concurrent
engineering.
Participating teacher
- Gustafsson, Göran