Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex  Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study

Sara Shafiee; Katrin Kristjansdottir; Lars Hvam

doi:10.1109/WI-IAT.2015.40

Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study

Sara Shafiee, Katrin Kristjansdottir, Lars Hvam

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Abstract

Adequate documentation is critical for successful implementation, maintenance and further developments of product configuration system (PCS) specially in companies making complex and highly engineered products. This article is based on experience of modelling and utilizing a PCS from an Engineer-To-Order (ETO), where the main focus is on the challenges concerned with the documentation of the PCS, both in the development and production phase. Aligning the development of the PCS with an automatic documentation system creates value. Using the suggested method for documentation facilitates the following activities: (1) iterative testing of the system during the development, (2) communication with domain experts, (3) documentation and maintenance, and finally (4) updates without spending a lot of time and resources. This article is supplemented with a case study from an ETO company where the method for the automatic documentation was developed and tested.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence Conference 2015 (WI 2015) and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2015)
Number of pages	2
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2015
Pages	249 - 250
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WI-IAT.2015.40
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 6 Dec 2015 → 9 Dec 2015 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7395995/proceeding

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Conference	2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	06/12/2015 → 09/12/2015
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7395995/proceeding

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Shafiee, S., Kristjansdottir, K., & Hvam, L. (2015). Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study. In Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence Conference 2015 (WI 2015) and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2015) (pp. 249 - 250). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WI-IAT.2015.40

Shafiee, Sara ; Kristjansdottir, Katrin ; Hvam, Lars. / Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study. Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence Conference 2015 (WI 2015) and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2015). IEEE, 2015. pp. 249 - 250

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Shafiee, S, Kristjansdottir, K & Hvam, L 2015, Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study. in Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence Conference 2015 (WI 2015) and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2015). IEEE, pp. 249 - 250, 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, Singapore, Singapore, 06/12/2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/WI-IAT.2015.40

Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study. / Shafiee, Sara; Kristjansdottir, Katrin; Hvam, Lars.
Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence Conference 2015 (WI 2015) and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2015). IEEE, 2015. p. 249 - 250.

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Shafiee S, Kristjansdottir K, Hvam L. Alignment of Configuration and Documentation for Highly Engineered Complex Product Configuration Systems: a Demonstration from a Case Study. In Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence Conference 2015 (WI 2015) and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2015). IEEE. 2015. p. 249 - 250 doi: 10.1109/WI-IAT.2015.40