This example demonstrates how the survey results can be utilised to model the planning system from the perspective of an individual employee. Considering that it is based on the result of just one survey, it is easy to see how such an exercise could have significant value when derived from a survey of multiple employees in the same organisation from different functional areas and different levels of management. While this is a fairly straightforward analysis it does demonstrate the opportunities to use modelling to analyse the planning system and sets the basis on which our future work will build.@en

Engineering design and development projects involve a multitude of plans in various formats. Such documents are created, used and updated throughout a project. We argue that the interactions among plan documents, their content, their stakeholders and the planning processes can be usefully perceived as a planning system. The planning system is instrumental in coordinating a design and development project and thus strongly influences how it unfolds. In this article, a survey tool is developed to assess a planning system from its stakeholders’ perspective. Results from the survey are analysed using Multiple-Domain Matrix (MDM) methodology to derive insights and suggestions for improvement. The approach is developed and demonstrated through a case study in a company that develops advanced electronic scientific instruments.@en