3.4.1 Systems Engineering Meta‐Tools for Complex Product Development

In order to successfully deal with increasingly complex product development systems, adequate methods can help to structure and classify the numerous relevant aspects in a clear, transparent manner. In this paper, several generic methods for structuring these aspects are presented which provide different useful perspectives. Since the methods presented try to give an integrative, comprehensive grasp of complex product development systems, they are proposed as meta-tools for systems engineering.