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Developing design methods - A conceptual requirement framework

Becerril, Lucia (2); Guertler, Matthias (1); Longa, Emmanuel (1,2)


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Year:
2019
Editor:
Wartzack, Sandro; Schleich, Benjamin; Gon
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Series:
ICED
Institution:
University of Technology Sydney
Section:
Design methods and tools
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ISSN:
2220-4342
Abstract:
Design methods can provide valuable support in structuring and solving complex product design problems. However, the application and the transfer of methods from academia to industry is limited. To date, research has tended to focus on solving this through improved method selection, method adaptation and training. The development of design methods itself has attracted surprisingly low attention. This paper closes this gap and adds a quite new perspective of systematic requirement management of method development. However, the variety of methods, method users and application contexts is a key challenge and does not allow for a universal set of requirements. Thus, this paper transfers the concept of solution-neutral requirements frameworks, which are established in product design, to method development. The framework is derived from analysing and structuring different requirements found in literature. Different requirement sub-/categories allow for accommodating the varying levels of detail of requirements. The framework works like a checklist and helps design researchers to consider the most important requirement categories, which subsequently can be detailed project-specifically.
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