Industrial Use of DSM

The use case of a market structure demonstrates how markets can be analyzed and structured to better understand a company’s competitive environment.

Structuring Automotive Safety Development presents a more advanced example, showing how the development of automotive safety systems can be organized more effectively and transparently. This use case was developed in collaboration with a German premium automotive manufacturer.

Another example focuses on setting up teams for integrated automotive development. Different Domain Mapping Matrices (DMMs) are used to combine and analyze team competencies in order to create cross functional teams and improve communication within highly integrated product development processes.

The book Design Structure Matrix Methods and Applications includes 44 practical examples of DSM, DMM, and MDM applications from different industries and research areas worldwide.