A METHOD FOR FUNCTION INTEGRITY DIAGNOSIS AND DOCUMENTATION: FIDD
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Wichmann, Robert Lawrence; Gericke, Kilian; Eisenbart, Boris; Moser, Hubert
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 1429-1440
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0211
Abstract
This paper introduces a method to perform systematic diagnosis of function integrity. The proposed method advances the Integrated Function Modelling framework to extend its application to risk identification and documentation tasks. By analyzing the system model of interdisciplinary designs, this method guides the designer to explore function vulnerability by systematic decoupling of inherent design entities. Thereby it provides unique opportunities for failure mode identification in complex, interdisciplinary systems. The motivation for this method is ensuring system function integrity.
Keywords: conceptual design, risk management, risk identification, functional modelling, design structure matrix (DSM)