Using the design structure matrixto estimate product development time

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Carrascosa, Maria ^a   Eppinger, Steven D ^b   Whitney, Daniel E ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DESIGN STRUCTURE; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; DEVELOPMENT TIME; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FIELD EXPERIENCE; INFORMATION DEPENDENCIES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; STOCHASTIC ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 85037347093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DAC-6013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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