Investigating Emergent Design Failures Using a Knowledge-Action-Decision Framework

Abstract

Cost growth and schedule delays frequently impact the design of naval vessels as well as other physically-large and complex products. In vessel design, many instances of cost growth, performance loss, and delays occur suddenly and are unexpected, causing significant damage to an acquisition program. These outcomes are not caused by physical product failure. Instead, they are symptoms of design failures and are characterized by emergent rework, inability to integrate disparate information, and unexpected design difficulty.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1064823

Entities

People

  • Colin Shields

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Complex Systems
  • Concurrent Engineering
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Marine Engineering
  • Military Acquisition
  • Naval Architecture
  • Naval Procurement
  • Naval Vessels
  • Navy
  • Network Science
  • Psychology
  • Ship Design
  • Shipbuilding
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design