EXPERIENCE BASED COST MANANGEMENT IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
DS 36: Proceedings DESIGN 2006, the 9th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2006
Editor: Marjanovic, D.
Author: Zrim, G.; Maletz, M.; Lossack, R.
Section: MODELLING AND MANAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING PROCESSES WORKSHOP
Page(s): 1569-1576
Abstract
Function orientation and process cost management allows a transparent and complete estimation of costs in the early phases of product development based on developer’s experience. The present approach utilises the experience of developers and shows the relationship between the functions, components and processes of a product with specific requirements. PDM/PLM-systems build the backbone for data based engineering and could be expanded with cost management features. The next step is to integrate the described model in PDM/PLM systems for cost estimation on the basis of functions and requirements in early stages of product development.
Keywords: cost estimation, design methodology, requirements modelling, functional design