Engineering design often involves a very complex set of relationships among a large number of coupled problems. It is this complex coupling that leads to iteration among the various engineering tasks in a large project. The design structure matrix (DSM) is useful in identifying where iteration...

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Design Structure Matrix Methods -- The Complex World of Systems -- What Is the DSM? -- Matrix-Based Tools for Modeling System Architectures -- Types of DSM Models -- A Brief History of DSM -- Structure of This Book --...