A method for partner selection of product development teams using the synergy requirements of product architecture Online publication date: Fri, 18-Mar-2022
by Zhongfeng Hu; Minglun Ren
International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences (IJADS), Vol. 15, No. 2, 2022
Abstract: Developers with better synergy is important for the formation of cross-functional product development teams. While extant research focuses on the coordination qualification of candidates, the synergy requirements of product architecture is overlooked. As a solution to this problem, a novel approach reinforced by the product architecture is proposed, where ideal synergic matrix (ISM) is derived from the product architecture to express its synergy requirements, real synergic matrix (RSM) is extracted from the collaborative relationships among different candidates, coordination deficit is proposed to characterise the satisfaction degree of the synergy requirements according to the matching level between ISM and RSM. To solve the model, a hybrid GA-PSO algorithm is developed. The experiment results show that our method can guarantee satisfactory and high quality partner selection for the actual product development scenario.
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