Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints
Product development (PD) and engineering design processes are often characterized by the information flowing among activities. In PD, this flow forms a complex activity weba process that can be viewed as a complex system. Most literature on the subject of information flow in PD focuses on a sing...
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| author | Yassine, Ali Browning, Tyson |
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| description | Product development (PD) and engineering design processes are often characterized by the
information flowing among activities. In PD, this flow forms a complex activity weba process
that can be viewed as a complex system. Most literature on the subject of information flow in
PD focuses on a single project, where precedence information constraints (based solely on
necessary information and possible assumptions) determine the execution sequence for the
activities and the resultant project lead-time. In this paper, we consider multiple PD projects that
share a common set of design resources. Especially in this setting, precedence information
availability is insufficient to assure that activities will execute on time. We extend the
information flow modeling literature by including resource availability. We model several PD
projects as a portfolio, where activity execution is based on both information and resource
availability. We demonstrate the effects of accounting for resource constraints on both
individual projects and portfolio lead-time distributions. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/16702019-04-12T08:09:07Z Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints Yassine, Ali Browning, Tyson Product development engineering design Resource constraints Product development (PD) and engineering design processes are often characterized by the information flowing among activities. In PD, this flow forms a complex activity weba process that can be viewed as a complex system. Most literature on the subject of information flow in PD focuses on a single project, where precedence information constraints (based solely on necessary information and possible assumptions) determine the execution sequence for the activities and the resultant project lead-time. In this paper, we consider multiple PD projects that share a common set of design resources. Especially in this setting, precedence information availability is insufficient to assure that activities will execute on time. We extend the information flow modeling literature by including resource availability. We model several PD projects as a portfolio, where activity execution is based on both information and resource availability. We demonstrate the effects of accounting for resource constraints on both individual projects and portfolio lead-time distributions. 2002-09-17T15:39:14Z 2002-09-17T15:39:14Z 2002-09-17T15:39:14Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1670 en_US 177000 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Product development engineering design Resource constraints Yassine, Ali Browning, Tyson Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints |
| title | Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints |
| title_full | Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints |
| title_short | Analyzing Multiple Product Development Projects Based On Information and Resource Constraints |
| title_sort | analyzing multiple product development projects based on information and resource constraints |
| topic | Product development engineering design Resource constraints |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1670 |
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