THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FUNCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AN IMPROVED DETECTION OF COMPONENT LINKAGES
DS 48: Proceedings DESIGN 2008, the 10th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2008
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Boersting, P.; Keller, R.; Alink, T.; Eckert, C. M.; Albers,A.; Clarkson, P. J.
Section: Design tactics and methods
Page(s): 309 - 316
Abstract
Functional product models in design so far were built up by asking for the main function of a product first and then breaking the main function down into sub-functions, until an appropriate level of granularity was reached. A problem of this approach is that a product often provides even more functions which are not subordinate to the main function. This paper presents an approach how these functions can be captured in a reliable and structured way, using the requirements of a product as a superstructure. The improvements of this new approach are demonstrated by predicting change propagation based on an improved functional product model and comparing it to the results of a change prediction using the conventional functional product model.
Keywords: requirements, functional product models, component linkages