Citation:
Rutka, A., Guenov, M., Lemmens, Y., Schmidt-Schäffer, T., Coleman, P., and
Rivière, A. Methods for engineering change propagation analysis. 25th
Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Hamburg,
Germany, 4 - 8 Sep 200
Abstract:
The aim of the methods described in this paper are to simulate and analyse the
propagation of changes in an engineering product,process and/or organisation,so
that time,cost,and resources can be allocated according to the impact of the
change.The paper presents advanced concepts for capturing dependencies between
such viewpoints of the overall engineering system. In the proposed
approach,simple Boolean dependencies and dependency strengths can be described
along with types and levels of change. The objective is to define dependencies
more completely by taking into account that the number and the strength of these
may vary throughout the product life cycle. Case studies from the aerospace
industry are being used to test the advantages and limitations of the proposed
engineering change propagation analysis methods