Processing data to establish lifecycle threads in the development of a structural product

US10181164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Scott D. Button · Snohomish, US
• Thomas E. Sherer · Everett, US
• Tek David Kim · Snohomish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/30
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for processing data to establish lifecycle threads in the development of a structural product. The method includes defining a source lifecycle thread from process-related information for development of the structural product, and defining and matching a target lifecycle thread to the source lifecycle thread. The process, and source and target lifecycle threads are expressible as respectively a network and sub-networks of tasks described by a plurality of attributes. For defining either or each of the source lifecycle thread or target lifecycle thread, the method includes at least receiving user selection of an attribute of the plurality of attributes as user-selected criteria, performing a cluster analysis according to the user-selected criteria to produce a plurality of clusters of candidate tasks from the plurality of tasks, and selecting tasks from the plurality of clusters of candidate tasks for the source/target lifecycle thread.