Introduction: Focus of this research.- The foundations of complexity metrics.- Concept of a structural measurement system for engineering design processes.- Modeling the structure of engineering design processes.- Complexity Metrics for Design Processes.- The S-GQM framework to select metrics.- Industrial application of metrics.- Conclusions and outlook.- References.- Appendix.- Keyword index.
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kreimeyer is a product architect in commercial vehicle design at MAN Truck & Bus AG, Germany. Having graduated from the Institute of Product Development, his research work has a strong focus in automotive process management as well as complex structures and dependency models.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann has been active in in industry for many years before he became the head of the Department of Product Development at Technische Universität München, Germany. His research is focused especially on systems engineering, complexity and cost management.