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This paper examines the use of process maturity models for the evaluation and improvement of the development process of mechatronic products. It summarizes the characteristics of this process, before maturity models for process evaluation are selected and shortly described. The popular process assessment models CMMI and SPICE are compared to specific maturity models, which were especially developed...
The Viable System Model (VSM) is a functional model of organizational structures whose implementation results in a presumably viable system. Despite scientific arguments and successful implementations in organizations, the VSM is still not widely used in practice. A reason may be that the VSM as defined by Beer addresses only the structural domain of the control (management) system in an organization...
A key factor for a successful organization is the ability to transfer effectively knowledge for one part of the organization to other parts. In this way institutional memory is preserved in an environment of increased employee turnover and created knowledge can be used across the organization. Although diverse studies on the importance of knowledge transfer for a competitive organization and on key...
Complexity poses an important challenge in modern product design, especially due to linkages between various aspects, e.g. components, functions or organizations. Several methods consider the analysis and optimization of system linkages; however most of them are limited to single aspects. A new approach represents the systematic enhancement of the matrix-based approach of the Design Structure Matrix...
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