System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems, First Edition

Problem 1

1. It is important to thoroughly understand the common best practices in PDP. Based on the PDP shown in Figure 9.5, consider, in teams of 3 or 4, how a PDP for a large, complex, evolving system should look. Then examine the PDPs from the companies of your team members. What do they have in common? Where and why are they ­different? Synthesize a generic PDP in as much detail as possible, while still keeping it generic.

Deliverables

• Comparison of the elemental steps or tasks that are common to the company PDPs (there may be 20 to 40 steps). Identify the steps that are common to all or most of your PDPs. ­(Prepare a matrix with columns labeled Step Name, A Few, Most, and All, and list the steps with an X in the column indicating how often ...