6.3 Suspended Ceiling Design Process - Bilkent University

2. Identifying the people to be informed.
3. Determining a reasonable sequence for informing the people identified.
4. Executing an order of activities with the participation of all persons
involved or affected by the change.
A parameter-based DSM gives an overview of the existing relations
between decisions; thus it can be effectively used as a tool to control the
change propagation. When a parameter value is changed, it is very easy to
extract the affected parameters using the dependency network. During
collaborative design, as different design participants decide on parameter
values, capturing the relationship between parameters consequently
specifies the relationship between the decision-makers. Who should be
informed about a change and the sequence of actions that should be taken
can also be easily determined using the tool. As a result, a parameter-
based DSM is an effective change management tool according to the
criteria proposed by Rouibah and Caskey (2003).
5.2.1.2 Common Understanding of a Process
In Chapter 2, it was pointed out that a shared understanding of design
process is an essential component of effective collaboration and having a
common understanding of information content of design entails shared
models. A DSM is a useful tool for opening the process to its participants
and facilitating a common understanding.
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