Mauricio Moreira e Silva Bernardes

IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES OF A DESIGN MANAGEMENT INDICATOR SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES

The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss the process and results achieved from the implementation of a design management indicator system in four product development companies.,To this end, instruments and techniques for implementing and collecting composite data were adopted.,The implementation made it possible to test the system metrics, and the analysis of the results enabled the identification of factors that hinder a successful implementation.,Design is being recognized as providing significant economic, social, and environmental benefits, and as it becomes a part of the management process, it can have an impact on business performance. Therefore, information sharing through indicator systems that consider factors that generate reliable and quantifiable information has become fundamental.

Proposed framework for estimating effort in design projects

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework to assist in the estimation of effort for projects in the field of design. The study first seeks supporting material to outline an understanding of how design professionals have access to time estimation information for quoting their projects. Design/methodology/approach The work was based on in-depth interviews conducted with 13 professionals from various design sectors that focused on understanding important elements of the project quotation process. Content analysis was performed on the information provided, and four dimensions were identified. A framework that included these dimensions was designed and validated using a focus group composed of professionals involved in project quotation. The framework includes the generation of a project network structure; identifying tasks and their duration for each design activity; and the ways in which this information remains updated and evolves through the incorporation of dynamic systems concepts. Findings The results of this study will be the production of an external knowledge base that designers can use as a basis for performing their profession. Originality/value This study is relevant because there is no information source that addresses tasks and associated durations on which design professionals can rely for the development of quotations.

ENSINO DE BIM NO BRASIL – Análise do Cenário Acadêmico

BIM – Building Information Modelling, ou modelagem das informacoes da construcao, tem recebido atencao do mercado de Arquitetura, Engenharia, Construcao e Operacao pelo potencial de integracao da informacao e pelo ganho da produtividade proporcionado. Todavia, a demanda por profissionais qualificados expoe a falta do ensino de BIM nos cursos de graduacao. Para esta pesquisa, foi feito levantamento bibliografico a partir de 2010 com foco no ensino de BIM no Brasil. Varios trabalhos foram analisados sob a classificacao de “discussao sobre estrategia” e “aplicacao de estrategia” para inclusao do ensino de BIM no curriculo. Tambem, foi abordado o ensino de BIM e a sua relacao com o ensino de desenho. Observa-se que muito tem sido estudado e discutido a respeito de estrategias para introducao de BIM no ensino de Arquitetura e Engenharia Civil no Brasil, porem, muito pouco tem sido reportado a respeito da implementacao do paradigma na area academica.

Panties Usage: Feel Comfortable or Sexy?

Motivation for panties usage is the main issue of this paper. By means of a survey involving 348 female undergraduate students from two Brazilian universities, we analyzed comfort perception versus appearance evaluation, with an behavioral approach. The study allowed to evaluate the following variables: usage profile (defined by usage frequency); behavioral profile (defined by accordance to any usage situations); comfort perception and appearance evaluation of six models of panties; and dimension of comfort (defined by evaluation of comfort and discomfort descriptors). The analysis involved a clustering of primary data and after that, Crosstables among clusters. Statistical tools we used were K-Means Cluster Analysis and Pearson’s Chi-square Tests by Crosstables with the SPSS8. Results indicated that daring women tend to be extroverted and value psychological comfort; conservative women tend to be introverted and value psychological comfort; moderate women tend to be contextual in usage and doesn’t prioritize any comfort dimension.