A CONCEPTUAL METHODOLOGY TO CREATE A FEASIBLE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAM ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

摘要

The complexity of program organizations that handle the development of complex products increases the challenge of delivering such complex products in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Current organizational design methods have not focused on organizations that have the purpose of designing and developing large systems or products. An architecture framework for designing program organizations has been proposed in previous work. However, the proposed framework does not indicate whether such a design is feasible or effective. This paper presents a conceptual methodology for creating a feasible and effective program organization whose purpose is to design and develop complex products. The methodology starts by utilizing Program Organization Architecture Framework (POAF) to construct a description of a program organization that meets the program requirements and constraints. Then, the organizational description is formulated as a constraint programming model with the aim of finding a feasible solution. The concept of systems thinking and systems engineering models are adapted to address the dynamics associated with the design of a program organization that is responsive to changing environments. The program organization design problem is organized and captured as a SysML models and extended to the POAF model libraries where it can be quickly reused and modified. This approach builds on the existing POAF to aid the program managers to support the decision-making process of implementing an effective program organization design during the design and development process.