Introduction
Applying systems thinking to product design
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1. Benefits of Systematic Product Design
Products are getting more complex: Internal complexity
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Products are becoming interconnected: External complexity
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Systems as a common language for a variety products
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Systematic modularity and collaboration
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2. Analyzing Product Mechanisms as Systems
Principles of function analysis
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Static diagramming as a snapshot
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System hierarchy and boundaries
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Identify system components
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Setting up an interaction table
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Illustrating and classifying functional relationships
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Applying the process to a product
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3. Functional Optimization and Innovative Trends
Importance of identifying trends
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Simplicity through integration
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Adaptability and customizability
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Macrosystem to microsystem
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4. Functional Conflict Resolution (TRIZ)
TRIZ history
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Defining functional conflict
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The inventive principles
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Resolving without compromise
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5. Distributed Product
Defining distributed products
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Use case functional analysis
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Define the distributed system
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Function analysis
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6. Experiential Products
Defining experiential products
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Process diagramming
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Case study: Defining the system
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Case study: Hybrid process and functional diagramming
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7. Network Products
Defining the network effect in products
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Feedback and causal loop diagramming
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Causal loop to stock and flow
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Stock and flow to simulation
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Case study: Feedback and flow diagramming
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