Combining function modelling and requirements modelling with the IFM framework
Year: 2023
Editor: Kevin Otto, Boris Eisenbart, Claudia Eckert, Benoit Eynard, Dieter Krause, Josef Oehmen, Nad
Author: Krüger, Merlin Frederik; Zorn, Stefan; Gericke, Kilian
Series: ICED
Institution: University of Rostock
Section: Design Methods
Page(s): 0987-0996
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.99
ISBN: -
ISSN: -
Abstract
The transmission of information between requirements modelling and function modelling in the product development process often appears challenging because of multiple used models and different terminology of specific disciplines. The integrated function modelling (IFM) framework is used for functional analysis of technical moderate complex systems and supports cross-disciplinary modelling and communication in the design team. To improve the applicability of this method and its supporting purpose in the modelling process, the authors combined requirements as an additional entity with the existing entities of this method. Furthermore, the extended framework has been used to visualise the procedure with this approach as an example. The outlook provides the potential for further development of the method.
Keywords: Functional modelling, Requirements, Integrated system modelling, Design methods