The Design Knowledge Management Square - a Framework for Early Stage Complex Ship Design
J.J. le Poole (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
Nicole Charisi (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
Koen Droste (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations, Damen Naval)
A. C. Habben Jansen (Defence Materiel Organisation, TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
A. A. Kana (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
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Abstract
This paper presents and demonstrates a new design thinking framework for early stage complex ship design, called the Design Knowledge Management Square (DKMS) framework. The DKMS framework provides a structure that explicitly incorporates the collaborative nature of complex ship design, contrary to other models or frameworks that primarily focus on the technical integration of tools and methods to describe early stage complex ship design. The DKMS framework is applied to three case studies: 1) multi-disciplinary early stage design of complex ships, 2) the integration of concept design generation and analysis methods, and 3) the application of design rationale to support collaborative design decision-making. The case studies show that the DKMS framework provides added value by explicitly describing both the collaborative and technical nature of complex ship design. Thereby the framework helps to analyse, support, and understand complex ship design.