Drastic increases in the scale and complexity of engineered systems present many new
challenges for the product development (PD) and engineering design communities. PD is …

As the world increasingly moves towards a knowledge-based economy, user requirements
become an important factor for enterprises to drive product collaborative design evolution …

Developing complex engineered systems (CES) poses significant challenges for engineers,
managers, designers, and businesspeople alike due to the inherent complexity of the …

Mass collaboration efforts can increase innovation and design possibilities. Incorporation of
open innovation into the product development process allows for a vast array of unique …

Traditional product development efforts are primarily based on well-structured and
hierarchical product development processes. The products are systematically decomposed …

As a complex system with open characteristics, the open source product innovation
community is often subjected to failures and attacks, and the users in the community are …

Open, collaborative mapping initiatives such as OpenStreetMap, a wiki-style map of the
world, continually face concerns about the reliability and authority of its data. Based on …

Communication has been shown to affect the design of large-scale complex engineered
systems. Drawing from engineering design, communication, and management literature, this …

Abstract Collaborative Product Development (CPD) process is characterized by autonomous
task control, dynamic task sequence, and frequent team collaboration, which endow the …

Communication in engineering organizations affects the performance of the complex
systems they design. Miscommunication occurs when communication results in a …