TY - GEN
T1 - Provide relevant knowledge to specify product design project needs
AU - Alizon, Fabrice
AU - Shooter, Steven B.
AU - Simpson, Timothy W.
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - In many of today's industry, knowledge is considered a strategic tool; however, knowledge is involved in so many services with so many facets that it is very complex to effectively manage for competitive advantage. In design, knowledge is recognized as important to improve the decision-making process and the commensurability of the designers' interpretative framework, but how can relevant knowledge be identified among all the knowledge within a company? This study focuses on the early stage of project development when it is important to have a clear understanding of what is known and not known in the company to correctly specify projects (e.g., teams, costs, lead-time, etc.). A method is proposed in this paper to identify knowledge, where it is, and its level of reusability. This method filters a repository to identify and extract relevant knowledge and define its level of reusability. A case study based on a new single-use camera and a repository of 18 single-use cameras is performed to highlight and validate the proposed method.
AB - In many of today's industry, knowledge is considered a strategic tool; however, knowledge is involved in so many services with so many facets that it is very complex to effectively manage for competitive advantage. In design, knowledge is recognized as important to improve the decision-making process and the commensurability of the designers' interpretative framework, but how can relevant knowledge be identified among all the knowledge within a company? This study focuses on the early stage of project development when it is important to have a clear understanding of what is known and not known in the company to correctly specify projects (e.g., teams, costs, lead-time, etc.). A method is proposed in this paper to identify knowledge, where it is, and its level of reusability. This method filters a repository to identify and extract relevant knowledge and define its level of reusability. A case study based on a new single-use camera and a repository of 18 single-use cameras is performed to highlight and validate the proposed method.
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U2 - 10.1109/IRI.2006.252458
DO - 10.1109/IRI.2006.252458
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34547409216
SN - 0780397886
SN - 9780780397880
T3 - Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI-2006
SP - 460
EP - 465
BT - Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI-2006
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI-2006
Y2 - 16 September 2006 through 18 September 2006
ER -