{"id":412,"date":"2017-01-12T04:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T09:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/?p=412"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:17:39","slug":"dg-system-level-concept-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/dg-system-level-concept-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"TAD Section 3 \u2014 System-Level Concept Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organization and Formatting<\/h2>\n

1.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General (same as for other B-sheets; follow this link for easy reference<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

1.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sheet-Specific\u00a0\u2014 Making it All Fit<\/h3>\n

How you lay out the information on the sheet is up to you.\u00a0 The example provided is simply an example, but given that the Pugh Analysis chart and best system-level concept data sheet are consistently sized\/shaped as shown, this layout may serve you well.\u00a0 Of course, as usual, the Page Input<\/em> textbox should be at the top left and the Page Output<\/em> textbox should be at the bottom right if at all possible.<\/p>\n

2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Content Presentation<\/h2>\n
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  • Commence the page by populating the Page Input<\/em> textbox.\u00a0 In this case, the page input depends on which round you are in:\n
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    • If this is the first round<\/strong>, indicate highlights from the initial datum. Highlights include both favorable and unfavorable features.<\/li>\n
    • Otherwise<\/strong>, list any trends or signs that have evolved in earlier round(s) in regard to certain function-level concepts or combinations of them that tend to produce favorable results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Insert graphical renderings from the DP Manager Excel<\/em>\u00a0workbook.\u00a0\u00a0Use the copy table buttons on the Excel<\/em> worksheet (typically the \u201cCopy Table with Heading\u201d button for use in the TAD).<\/strong>\u00a0 Include:\n
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      • the round\u2019s Pugh Analysis chart (below the Page Input<\/em> textbox); and<\/li>\n
      • the data table for the round\u2019s best system-level concept.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • In the pre-titled Notes<\/em> textbox, provide all relevant notes summarizing relative rationale with a focus on engineering requirements where the best concept fared better or worse than other concepts considered in this round.<\/li>\n
      • Complete the page by populating the Page Output<\/em> textbox.\u00a0 In this case, the page output includes two elements:\n
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        • a brief narrative of your reasons for the best-concept decision, based on the Pugh Analysis by describing the numbers (scoring based on +, =, \u2212) and anything deeper than the numbers alone the factored into the decision (this is important to build credibility<\/strong> in regard to your decision abilities); and<\/li>\n
        • what was learned from this round that serves as guidance for the next round (this is really important as this is a thoughtful learning process, not<\/em> a blind random process<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Examples of Great Work<\/h2>\n

          Do a great job and be the first!<\/h3>\n
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          Excel<\/sub><\/em> is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n
          \u00a9 2017, William J. Endres<\/td>\nUpdated September 09, 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organization and Formatting 1.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General (same as for other B-sheets; follow this link for easy reference) 1.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sheet-Specific\u00a0\u2014 Making it All Fit How you lay out the information on the sheet is up to you.\u00a0 The example provided is simply an example, but given that the Pugh Analysis chart and best system-level concept data […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4,14,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2724,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}