Design for changeability (DfC)

Fricke, E., & Schulz, A. P. (2005). Design for changeability (DfC): Principles to enable changes in systems throughout their entire lifecycle. Systems Engineering, 8(4), 342-359.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2005

Volume

8

Issue

4

Pages

342-359

DOI

10.1002/sys.20039

DOI registrant

Wiley

Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/sys.20039

Cited from

computer_science, engineering_design

Cited by

3 citations across 3 artifacts.

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Primes

• Design for Lifecycle Adaptability
  • The design of adaptability mechanisms: redundancy, excess capacity, staged implementation, or reconfigurability that enable evolution without redesign

    This sourceIdentifies four aspects of changeability (flexibility, agility, robustness, adaptability) and a set of basic and extending principles for enabling change across the lifecycle, with cost-benefit identification of changeability measures.

    Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract

    The abstract confirms the paper proposes design principles enabling adaptability (alongside flexibility, agility, robustness), but it names none of the claim's four mechanisms.

    “Design principles to enable flexibility, agility, robustness, and adaptability within systems are proposed and described.”

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• Platform Design
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