InhaltsangabeThe challenge of complexity.- Complexity in the context of product design.- Methods for managing complex data in product design.- The procedure of structural complexity management.- Modeling the Multiple-Domain Matrix.- Information acquisition.- Deduction of indirect dependencies.- Structure analysis.- Product design application.- Use case: Automotive safety development.- Use case: Development of high pressure pumps.- Literature.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann was postdoctoral engeged in many industrial enterprises. Since 1995 he is head of the Department for product development of the Technical University of Munich. Teaching and research are focused on the development of strategies for the early stages of development, approaches to product innovation, questions of cost management and the use of computers in product development and the inclusion of psychological and sociological insights. Dr.Ing. Maik Maurer graduated in mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität München. In 2007 he became Ph.D. at the Technische Universität München.

The challenge of complexity.- Complexity in the context of product design.- Methods for managing complex data in product design.- The procedure of structural complexity management.- Modeling the Multiple-Domain Matrix.- Information acquisition.- Deduction of indirect dependencies.- Structure analysis.- Product design application.- Use case: Automotive safety development.- Use case: Development of high pressure pumps.- Literature.- Appendix.