Abstract

An expanded model of Axiomatic Design for product design with multidisciplinary teams is proposed in this Thesis.  The Axiomatic Design was chosen after doing a comparative analysis between classical theories using as reference the multidimensional Gómez-Senent project model. Axiomatic Design is a theory based in domain interactions unlike the other theories which are phases based.  There are four domains defined: Customer, functional, physical and process. Some difficulties in Axiomatic Design theory are: the functional orientation and the absence of multidisciplinary teams during the whole process of design.

This Thesis proposes a multidisciplinary work process with Axiomatic Design, including subjective requirements of product as intentional design elements and uses a metric of level of compliance for the second axiom which is about information content.

This thesis initially presents a model of collaboration between the University, the State, the User and the Enterprise: the consolidate one and the small technology-based one.  The point of convergence in product design for the actors is the Social Need associated with the user.  This convergence point allows a broad product perspective, different from the traditional analysis of market.  In the proposed model, Axiomatic Design, the theory of inventive solutions, TRIZ, fuzzy logic and AHP multicriteria analysis technique are synergistically engaged. Also, it provides an analysis of the performance of multidisciplinary teams in the creative phase of design and suggests some composition characteristics of this type of design teams.