Possibilities of the design structure matrix for planning and system analysis of complex engineering systems

Abstract

The concept of complex engineering objects is closely connected with approaches, methods, management tools for such objects. Modern approaches are based on project management, i.e. on the management of a unique, temporary, multidisciplinary and organized effort aimed at obtaining a consistent final result within predetermined requirements and constraints. The article considers one of the promising methods for building and analyzing the dependency structure of a project, allowing the user to model, visualize and analyze dependencies between objects of any system and receive suggestions for improving or synthesizing the system. Such a system can be, for example, the architecture of a product or an engineering design process, as well as, the organization of an enterprise or a market formed as a complex system and often requires a closer study of its structure. The article describes the significance of the method, its advantages and disadvantages. Examples of the method implementation in design and construction, as well as in IT.

Keywords

• project management
• human capital management
• dsm
• resource planning
• agile
• hybrid planning