Title :
Managing tradeoff in product design decisions
Author :
Mihora, B. ; Nowka, E. ; Rupp, J. ; Seros, N. ; Trost, C.
Author_Institution :
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI
Abstract :
Summary form only as given. This paper describes a structured trade-off approach that was used to make a series of product design decisions. The decision scope ranged from those that required broad stakeholder involvement to decisions that could be made by an individual engineer. The methodology allows for the assessment of risk and facilitates updating the intuition of all stakeholders
Keywords :
product development; research and development management; risk management; R&D; decision scope; decision trade-off management; intuition updating; product design; product innovation; project stakeholders; risk assessment; Design engineering; Engineering management; Information management; Intelligent networks; Manufacturing industries; Power engineering and energy; Process design; Product design; Product development; Sensitivity analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653478
