Ambiguity, Risk and Change in Designing: A Micro-level Description for a Property-based Approach
DS 72: Modelling and Management of Engineering Processes - Concepts, Tools and Case Studies
Year: 2012
Editor: Peter Heisig, John Clarkson
Author: Da Silva Vieira, Sonia
Series: MMEP
Section: Conceptual Papers
Page(s): 015-028
ISBN: 978-0-9564691-3-7
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to know if risk takes place in designing and if so, to provide an understanding of risk underlying mechanisms and its influence in the design process. The study is a starting point to investigate the interplay and causal networks of ambiguity, risk and change (ARC) as properties of variables of design issues introduced in circumstances that ask for evaluation and decision, and that have the potential to increase or decrease uncertainty towards completion.
Keywords: design variables, properties interplay, ambiguity, risk and change