Accession Number:

AD1064823

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Doctoral Thesis]

Corporate Author:

University of Michigan

Personal Author(s):

• Shields, Colin

Report Date:

2017-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

175

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.

Descriptors:

• naval architecture
• complex systems
• navy
• systems engineering
• engineers
• littoral combat ships
• naval vessels
• governments
• engineering
• construction
• knowledge based systems
• marine engineering
• naval procurement
• ship design
• simulations
• standards
• statistics
• united states
• concurrent engineering
• department of defense

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]