A Systematic Review About Design For X

Abstract

The process of product development is composed of various methods and tools that need to be managed and used for obtaining products. Among those that contribute to the optimization, there is the Design for X (DFX), which is an important base of knowledge for designers and it is used in order to design products with a focus on optimized characteristics. The "X", which is a skill or characteristic, can be replaced by 25 possibilities, such as assembly, ergonomics, reliability, cost, safety, among others. Due to the high number of alternatives to the "X", it becomes necessary to use a method or selection tool to design the product according the skills required by users and specified by designers. The objective of this work is to identify and analyze relevant articles related to DFX, presenting its history, current situation, relevant work done, and especially the existence of selection and identification methods of existing gaps. For this, systematic literature review (RBS), entitled RBS roadmap, was performed, that presents the databases, the criteria for inclusion and exclusion of the work, the keywords and the strings used by the research question: "If it exists and what are the methods and / or tools for the X selection (ability) during the process of product development?" 5842 articles were found in databases and the 18 most relevant articles were selected by using the database filters. The main results showed the existence of few methods and skill selection tools, and how gaps need to develop a methodology and / or tool for precise selection of Xs required.

Keywords

• Design for X.
• Products development
• Systematic Review