Understanding the Knowledge Needs of Designers During Design Process in Industry

Vijaykumar, Gokula and Chakrabarti, Amaresh (2008) Understanding the Knowledge Needs of Designers During Design Process in Industry. In: Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 8 (1).

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Abstract

Product success is substantially influenced by satisfaction of knowledge needs of designers, and many tools and methods have been proposed to support these needs. However, adoption of these methods in industry is minimal. This may be due to an inadequate understanding of the knowledge needs of designers in industry. This research attempts to develop a better understanding of these needs by undertaking descriptive studies in an industry. We propose a taxonomy of knowledge, and evaluate this by analyzing the questions asked by the designers involved in the study during their interactions. Using the taxonomy, we converted the questions asked into a generic form. The generic questions provide an understanding about what knowledge must be captured during design, and what its structure should be.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
Publisher:	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Date Deposited:	12 Apr 2010 08:43
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:59
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/26870

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