Stora infrastrukturprojekt kännetecknas ofta av osäkerheter och att många arbetsmoment och tekniker både är komplexa och icke-rutinmässiga. Som svar på komplexiteten och osäkerheterna blir entreprenadformen totalentreprenad allt mer förekommande inom anläggnings- och infrastruktursektorn. I totalentreprenader ansvarar entreprenören för projekteringen men på grund av komplexiteten på projekten saknar entreprenören ofta den nödvändiga kunskapen för att genomföra projekteringen och således behöver en eller flera externa projektörer upphandlas. Detta anses vara en av de främsta fördelarna med entreprenadformen då den främjar ett ökat kunskapsutbyte mellan projektörer och entreprenörer vilket, i teorin, bör leda till en optimering av resultatet gällande både projekteringen och produktionen. I anbudsskedet för totalentreprenader ska entreprenören, utifrån översiktliga funktionsbeskrivningar, projektera och prissätta projektet. Ett problem med anbudsprojektering för totalentreprenader är att konsultkostnaderna betalas av totalentreprenören och om entreprenören inte bli tilldelad entreprenaden är kostnaden för projekteringen förlorade pengar. Anbudsprojekteringen blir således en balansgång för entreprenören att projektera i tillräcklig utsträckning för att identifiera kostnadseffektiva lösningar samtidigt som projekteringskostnaderna hålls nere. Tidigare studier om upphandling av anläggningsprojekt har främst fokuserat på entreprenadupphandling medan det finns begränsat med forskning kring upphandling av konsulter. Syftet med studien har således varit att undersöka hur arbetet med upphandling och genomförandet av anbudsprojektering vid totalentreprenader för anläggningsprojekt sker i dagsläget. Med studien avsågs det även att kartlägga vilka som anses vara de största utmaningar som finns i arbetet med upphandling och genomförande av anbudsprojektering för totalentreprenader. Utifrån de identifierade utmaningarna var målet sedan att fram rekommendationer som byggföretag skulle kunna använda sig av för att förbättra arbetet med att anbudsprojektering. För att besvara studiens forskningsfrågor samt uppfylla studiens syfte och mål har studien genomförts med hjälp av en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi där fokus har varit att skapa djupare förståelse för problemområdet. Insamling av data för studien har primärt genomförts genom två olika insamlingsmetoder, en litteraturstudie och en intervjustudie. Intervjustudien är den huvudsakliga datainsamlingen i studien och består av totalt tio stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer, tre stycken med projektörer och sju stycken med entreprenörer. Genom att intervjua både projektörer och entreprenörer erhålls möjligheten att analysera processen och jämföra åsikterna mellan de inblandade parterna. Studien visar att anbudsprojektering är en komplex process som kännetecknas av osäkerheter och tidspress där de inblandade parterna saknar erfarenhet och kunskap för att kunna bedriva ett effektivt arbete. Studien visar även att valet av upphandlingsstrategi både har stor påverkan på resultatet av projekteringen samt en direkt påverkan på hur genomförandet av anbudsprojekteringen måste utföras. Entreprenörer är vana vid traditionell, kontrollfokuserad projektledning med fokus på tid och pengar medan anbudsprocessen, som är kantad av osäkerheter och tidspress, kräver ett utvecklat projektledarskap med fokus på samarbete, explorativt lärande och anpassning. / Large projects in the infrastructure sector are characterized by the fact that many work steps and techniques are both complex and non-routine. In response to the complexity and uncertainties, design-build contracts are becoming more and more common in the infrastructure sector. In design-build contracts, the contractor is responsible for the design, however, due to the complexity of the projects, the contractor often lacks the necessary knowledge to carry out the design and thus an external consultant needs to be procured. The advantage of design-build contracts is that it promotes an increased exchange of knowledge between the consultants and contractors, which, potentially, should be able to optimize both the design process and the production in order to respond to the complexity of the projects. In the tendering stage of design-build contracts, the contractor have to, based on general descriptions, design and calculate a price for the project. A major problem with the tendering design for design-build contracts is that the consulting costs are paid by the contractor and if the contractor is not awarded the contract for the project, the cost of the design is considered as lost money. The contractor must therefore choose between designing the project in detail or keeping down the costs of the design work. Previous studies on procurement of infrastructure projects have mainly focused on procurement of the contractor, while the focus on consulting procurement is more unusual. The aim with this study was to investigate how the contractors should work with procurement of design in the tendering stage of design-build contracts in order to create a basis for a successful project. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the work with procurement and implementation of tendering design for design-build contracts for infrastructure projects currently looks like. The study also intends to identify the biggest challenges that exist in the work with procurement and implementation of design in the tendering stage of design-build contracts.  In order to answer the study's purpose and aim, the study has been carried out with a qualitative research strategy where the focus has been on creating a deeper understanding of the problem. The data collection for the study was primarily carried out through two different methods, a literature study and an interview study. The interview study is the main data collection and consists of a total of ten semi-structured interviews, three with consultants and seven with contractors. By interviewing both consultants and contractors, the opportunity to analyse the process and compare the opinions between the parties involved is obtained. The study shows that routines and methods for procurement, assignment specification and project management of design in the tendering stage of design-built contracts are inadequate. The tendering stage in design-build contracts is a complex process where the parties lack experience and knowledge. It also appears in the study that the contractor would need to implement alternative working methods in order to be able to lead this process. Contractors are used to traditional, control-focused project management with a focus on time and money, whilst the tendering process, which is fraught with uncertainties and time pressure, requires a flexibility-focused project leadership with a focus on collaboration, exploratory learning and adaptation.

Previous research highlighted consumer dissatisfaction with fashion clothing products on offer. There is a lack of information about real consumers needs due to the industry standards of beauty and behaviour as well as a constant rush for innovation that feeds fashion cycles. This research identifies the elements that will enable fashion clothing companies to become more inclusive, and aims to find a methodological relationship between the stakeholders in the fashion industry: consumers, designers and companies. The research considered the difference between a mature market as opposed to emergent ones, and addressed differences between Western and Eastern cultures.

[pt] A dissertação Estratégia de Design em Empreendimentos de Moda - As Tramas do Sucesso Empresarial no Design de Moda na Cidade do Rio de Janeiro tem como objetivo identificar os elementos da gestão do design de moda aplicados aos empreendimentos de moda da cidade desde o seu surgimento, nos anos 60, ainda que a aplicação destes elementos tenha se dado muitas vezes de forma intuitiva pelos seus gestores. E, assim, avaliar a importância da metodologia da Gestão em Design aplicada aos negócios de moda. A pesquisa ambienta o sistema de comercialização prêt à porter, posteriormente, na própria cidade do Rio de Janeiro, primeiro realçando os elementos locais que se traduziram em um estilo carioca, para em seguida traçar um panorama do surgimento e desenvolvimento da moda na cidade e como eles se materializaram na indumentária e paralelamente num estilo próprio de vestir. A partir daí, são elencados alguns elementos de gestão em design (com foco em branding, gestão de marcas) que se aplicam à indústria do vestuário e, posteriormente, associando a pesquisa bibliográfica à verificação a aplicabilidade destes elementos citados em uma pesquisa exploratória, através das entrevistas qualitativas. É aqui, então que se materializa a pertinência destas ferramentas, técnicas e estratégias organizadas como uma orquestra, de forma a conduzir a marca, a notoriedade e a excelência junto ao mercado. / [en] The dissertation Design strategies in Fashion Enterprises - The interprises sucssess weft in fashion design at Rio de Janeiro city, focuses on the Business Success Stories (plots) of Fashion Design in the city of Rio de Janeiro with the aim to the identify elements of management in the field of fashion design and their application within the undertakings of fashion here since its emergence in the nineteen sixties. Furthermore how the application of these elements were often introduced intuitively by its managers, herewith evaluating the relevance of design management epistemology applied to business generically. This research depicts the overall ambience of the fashion system on a whole and subsequently that of Rio de Janeiro itself. It does so by, first emphasizing the local elements that were translated into a carioca style and then, by describing the origins and development of fashion design in this city and finally, the materialization of its clothing industry. At the same time it will describe how it developed into a local dressing style. From this point on it lists the elements of management in design that are applicable to the fashion industry, with branding management emphasis, and thereafter, validating it with the bibliographic research and qualitative field research of the cited elements. This is where the relevancy of the tools, techniques and strategies materialize, organized as an orchestra, in such a way as to conduct the brand and carry it onto the absolute renown and excellence of the market.

A indústria da construção, nomeadamente no setor da edificação, baseia-se essencialmente em métodos de construção tradicional. Esta indústria é caracterizada pela elevada quantidade de recursos que consome, pela quantidade de resíduos que produz, a sua implicação na economia dos países e à sua inter-relação com a sociedade. Esta realidade é de todo incompatível com os desígnios do desenvolvimento sustentável, nos quais se procura a correlação harmoniosa entre as vertentes ambientais, sociais e econômicas. O desafio da sustentabilidade colocado à atividade da construção tem motivado abordagens distintas, não só por parte das várias especialidades da engenharia, como também da arquitetura. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho propôs-se a desenvolver uma Ferramenta que, de uma forma coordenada e integrada permita orientar o desenvolvimento do projeto para soluções sustentáveis ao longo das várias fases do ciclo de evolução de um projeto. Foi desenvolvida recorrendo a uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre o tema da gestão de projetos e sobre o sistema de certificação de sustentabilidade Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Para além disto, foram ainda incorporados alguns requisitos normativos, obtidos por meio de normas brasileiras ABNT, normas Americanas e normas Europeias. Pensa-se que da adequada aplicação desta ferramenta, os objetivos definidos pelo promotor da obra em termos de sustentabilidade, poderão ser mais facilmente atingidos pela equipa de projetista através da consideração antecipada de medidas e soluções de sustentabilidade nas diferentes fases de desenvolvimento do projeto permitindo assim, um melhor desempenho do edifício ao nível da construção sustentável. / The construction industry, particularly in the building sector, is based mainly on traditional construction methods. This industry is characterized by excessive consumption of resources, the amount of waste it produces, its implication in the economy of countries and their relationship with society. This reality is entirely incompatible with the aims of sustainable development, which seeks a harmonious relationship between the environmental, social and economic aspects. The sustainability challenge faced by the construction activity has motivated different approaches, not only by the various engineering specialties, but also by the architecture. In this sense, this paper aimed to develop a model in a coordinated and integrated manner to guide the development of the project to sustainable solutions throughout the various stages of the project life cycle. It was developed using a literature review about the topic of project management and sustainability assessment tool Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Furthermore, and to improve the effectiveness of the Model, it was been incorporated some standardisation requirements, obtained by Brazilian standards ABNT, American standards and European standards. Through proper application of this tool, the goals set by Owner of the work, in terms of sustainability, can be more easily achieved by the project design team through timely consideration of measures and sustainability solutions at different stages of project development. Allowing a better performance of the building in terms of the sustainable construction.

O rápido desenvolvimento das tecnologias de impressão tridimensional permite que uma crescente variedade de formas e materiais sejam criados e materializados. Disponibiliza abertamente um método produtivo com a capacidade de desenvolver peças de alta complexidade a um custo mínimo, uma situação sem precedentes na história da humanidade. Paralelamente, o avanço predatório dos bens industrializados dentro do mercado ameaça e potencializa as produções artesanais, as quais enfrentam um constante desafio no relativo à sua supervivência, transmissão e desenvolvimento. O presente teve como objetivo explorar as possibilidades da manufatura aditiva como uma ferramenta para potencializar a qualidade das produções artesanais através da gestão do design, e a construção conjunta da mesma como uma tecnologia social. Trabalhou-se de forma intensiva num entorno de laboratório, visando desenvolver metodologias que contribuíssem às articulações entre o fazer artesanal-digital, a serem implementadas em ações futuras. Desta forma, as tecnologias de impressão 3D serão capazes de gerar não só melhorias morfológicas e estéticas nos acessórios artesanais, mas, principalmente, de estimular as economias regionais, contribuindo para melhorar a situação das comunidades artesanais marginalizadas / The rapid development of 3d printing technologies is allowing an ever increasing universe of shapes and materials to be printed, as well as making complex productive methods more accessible to the vast majority, a situation never seen before in the history of mankind. Parallel to this situation, the predatory advance of industrial made goods in the market has both menaced and given force to artisanal productions. The present research project aims to explore the possibilities of additive manufacturing as a tool to boost artisanal production via design management and the joint construction of 3d printing as a social technology. The project is based on an intensive amount of laboratorial work, with the objective of developing methodologies for artisanal-digital hybridation to be used on future applications. This would render 3d printing technologies the capability of providing greater responses in terms of morphological and aesthetical artisanal accessories, while addressing the most basic human needs and helping to improve the situation of marginal artisan communities

Today’s business and IT systems have strongly focused on effective communication. The communication based on poor foundation might create huge communication problems for the system designer and user. These communication problems have a severe impact on the efficiency of information system and most importantly when it comes to the building of a new information system through co design process. For any business organization, IT plays a huge role these days. Although this is not given much emphasis sometimes, it is important to understand that the use of IT in business cannot be taken for granted because it is viewed as part of business organization these days. The business needs to continuously make investments in their IT systems. This will not only help the organization, but the industry as a whole. Effective communication is extremely important for business and IT systems now-a-days. With the help of this particular thesis, the importance of effective communication would have been reflected accordingly. The purpose of this research is therefore to analyze the communication problem between the designer and user during co-design mainly in the field of business and information technology and to create an understanding for how it is possible to create a better communication between the different parties in system development through co-design. Research can also be classified on the basis of the structure of the problem to be solved into exploratory, descriptive and casual research. The research can be regarded as exploratory research because large amounts of data can be gathered from the past researches and literature. Exploratory research explores the parameters of the problems in order to identify what should be measured and how best to undertake a study. In this research the qualitative data is gathered through detailed interviews and literature review. This helps in better understanding through words. Data is generated through the method of triangulation. The results will be presented using detailed analysis of data gathered from interviews and the analysis of theoretical part. It is a very challenging task to meet the changing needs of the business world. Designing effective information technology for this purpose is also very challenging. The co-design of business and IT systems has a lot of benefits for the organizations. The information technology is basically used to support business and its functions. Therefore it is extremely important that the information technology is aligned with the business processes. It should be considered as a part of the business and should not be designed independently. Effective Communication is important for managers in the companies in order to perform the fundamental management functions, i.e., Planning, Leading, Organizing, and Controlling. Communication facilitates managers to execute their jobs as well as responsibilities. Communication provides a foundation for planning. All the vital information should be communicated to the managers who consecutively should communicate the plans in order to apply them. Organizing also needs efficient communication with others regarding their job task. Hence, we can say that “effective communication is a basic element of successful business”. In other words, communication works as blood of organization. Strong literature review as well as strong capabilities towards research methodology and analytical part will certainly enhances the productivity of this thesis and will furnish good understandings among the readers. / Program: Masterutbildning i Informatik

In this research, I report and analyze the experiences of people working with small-scale enterprises in the Colombian textile artisanal sector for understanding how artisanal products are delivered to national and international markets. The data was collected by interviewing design managers and managers currently working with several of these small-scale enterprises. This paper was done considering four important features: firstly, the enormous potential that the Colombian textile industry once held back in the 1960’s; secondly, Colombia’s rich and multiple artisanal creations as expression of culture and idiosyncrasy that show the country’s ample geography and culture; thirdly, the characteristics of the Colombian economy and industry which is mainly composed of micro and small enterprises; and lastly , the lack of research on small-scale value networks. In this research the idea of linear value chains is superseded by the notion of value networks, in which relationships, activities and actors are interconnected to co-create value. In this setting, culture, people and sustainability are the key factors to reach differentiation. By learning from these experiences and analyzing practices in small-scale enterprises I can suggest that, new approaches that benefit and reinforce the characteristics of the small and medium scale enterprises must be built as an opportunity for improving the lives of people in developing countries. Additionally, relationships and the order of the production and marketing flows within the value networks depend on the manager approach. / Program: Textilt management med inriktning styrning av textila värdekedjor

A complexidade do projeto de sistemas eletrônicos, devido ao número de ferramentas envolvidas, ao grande volume de dados gerado e a natureza complicada destes dados, foi a causa principal do aparecimento, no final da década de 80, dos frameworks. Frameworks são plataformas que suportam o desenvolvimento de ambientes de projeto e que tem, como objetivo principal, liberar os projetistas das tarefas acessórias dentro do processo de projeto (como, por exemplo, a gerencia dos dados criados), possibilitando-lhes direcionar os esforços, exclusivamente, para a obtenção de melhores resultados, em menor tempo e a baixo custo. Para a realização deste objetivo, diversas técnicas são utilizadas na construção dos frameworks. Uma delas é conhecida como documentação dos passos de projeto. A documentação dos passos de projeto é um recurso utilizado para manter a história do projeto (usualmente, ferramentas executadas e dados gerados). Ela tem sido amplamente utilizada em trabalhos relacionados a frameworks. Porém, nenhum destes trabalhos aproveita toda a potencialidade do recurso. Alguns utilizam-no apenas nos serviços relacionados a gerencia de dados. Outros, utilizam-no apenas nos serviços relacionados a gerencia de projeto. A proposta deste trabalho, então, é a criação de um sistema que explore toda a potencialidade da documentação dos passos de projeto, disponibilizando, a partir daí, informações e serviços a outros sub-sistemas do framework, de forma a complementar a funcionalidade destes, tornando-os mais abrangentes e poderosos. / The VLSI design complexity, due to the number of involved tools, the enormous generated data volume and the complex nature of the data, was the main cause of the appearance of the frameworks in the end of the 80's. Frameworks are platforms that support the development of design environments and, as their main purpose, liberate the VLSI designers from the supplementary tasks in the design process, as the data management. It makes possible to direct efforts exclusively to obtaining better results, in shorter time and with lower costs. To this purpose, many techniques have been used in the implementation of frameworks. One of these techniques is known as design steps documentation. The design steps documentation is a resource used to keep the design history (usually, executed tools and generated data). It has been widely used in various frameworks. But none of them take full advantage of this resource. Some of them use the design steps documentation only in the data management services. Others, use it only in the design management services. So, the proposal of this work is to create a system that takes full advantage of the design steps documentation, providing information and services to other sub-systems of the framework to complement their functionality, making them more powerful.

Este trabalho descreve LAGO - Linguagem de Acesso Global ao sistema AMPLO AMPLO é um ambiente de projeto de sistemas digitais que consiste de uma base de dados orientada a objetos e diversas ferramentas de projeto, como editores de texto, editores gráficos, compiladores e simuladores de sistemas digitais. LAGO é a interface de alto nível de AMPLO, sendo responsável pelo controle de acesso aos recursos do sistema. Através desta interface, os usuários de AMPLO podem ativar funções de administração, gerência de projeto, projeto propriamente dito e consulta a base de dados. O acesso as diversas funções do sistema esta vinculado a classificação do usuário. Um - administrador geral - responsável pelo cadastro de usuários e de grupos de usuários. Grupos de usuários são criados Para realizar projetos, sob a liderança de um - administrador de grupo - Este indicado pelo administrador geral quando da criação do grupo e realiza funções de gerência de grupo e da base de dados associada ao grupo. Usuários - projetistas - tem acesso as funções de ativação de ferramentas (editores de texto, editores gráficos, compiladores e simuladores) e as func6es de administração de tarefas (uma tarefa corresponde a uma transação longa, a nível de banco de dados, por exemplo, a criação de objetos em varias sess6es de edição). A cada tarefa esta associada uma base de dados temporária, privativa do projetista, removida após o término da tarefa. Portanto, a base de dados de AMPLO e dividida em três níveis: base de dados pública, bases de dados por projeto e bases de dados dos projetistas. Permanentemente, LAGO oferece facilidades de consulta a base de dados. Estas funções de consulta estão disponíveis quando o usuário inicializa o sistema ou, posteriormente, pela seleção de uma função de consulta. A navegação pelos objetos da base de dados rode ser feita de forma gráfica ou textual. Na forma gráfica, os objetos são apresentados através de arvores representando os diversos tipos de relacionamentos existentes. Na forma textual, LAGO apresenta listas com nomes de objetos. / This work describes LAGO - a language for accessing the AMPLO system. AMPLO is a design environment of digital systems which is composed of an object oriented data base and of several design tools, such as text editors, graphics editors, compilers and simulators of digital systems LAGO is the high-level interface of AMPLO, and it is responsible for controlling the access to the system's resources. With this interface, the users of AMPLO may activate administratation and, design management functions, data base queries, and design tasks. The access to the several system functions is in accordance to the user classification. A "general administrator" is responsible for creating users and groups of users. Groups of users create designs, under the leadership of a "group administrator", who is indicated by the general administrator when the group is created. The "grou p administrator" has private functions for managing the group and the data base associated to the group. Designers activate design tools as text editors, graphic editors, compilers and simulators. Also they can use task management functions (a task corresponds to a long transaction at the data base level, like the creation of objects in several editing sessions, for example). A temporary data base which is a designer private data base is associated to each task, and is removed at the end of the task. Thus, the data base of AMPLO is divided into three levels: p ublic data base, group data base and designer data base LAGO permanently, offers facilities of data base ueries. These q uery functions are available when the user inicializes the system and later on, when the query function is selected. The navigation through the data base objects can be done in a gra p hical or textual form. In the graphical form, the objects are presented by trees representing the several types of relationships. In the textual form, LAGO presents lists with the name of objects.

A complexidade do projeto de sistemas eletrônicos, devido ao número de ferramentas envolvidas, ao grande volume de dados gerado e a natureza complicada destes dados, foi a causa principal do aparecimento, no final da década de 80, dos frameworks. Frameworks são plataformas que suportam o desenvolvimento de ambientes de projeto e que tem, como objetivo principal, liberar os projetistas das tarefas acessórias dentro do processo de projeto (como, por exemplo, a gerencia dos dados criados), possibilitando-lhes direcionar os esforços, exclusivamente, para a obtenção de melhores resultados, em menor tempo e a baixo custo. Para a realização deste objetivo, diversas técnicas são utilizadas na construção dos frameworks. Uma delas é conhecida como documentação dos passos de projeto. A documentação dos passos de projeto é um recurso utilizado para manter a história do projeto (usualmente, ferramentas executadas e dados gerados). Ela tem sido amplamente utilizada em trabalhos relacionados a frameworks. Porém, nenhum destes trabalhos aproveita toda a potencialidade do recurso. Alguns utilizam-no apenas nos serviços relacionados a gerencia de dados. Outros, utilizam-no apenas nos serviços relacionados a gerencia de projeto. A proposta deste trabalho, então, é a criação de um sistema que explore toda a potencialidade da documentação dos passos de projeto, disponibilizando, a partir daí, informações e serviços a outros sub-sistemas do framework, de forma a complementar a funcionalidade destes, tornando-os mais abrangentes e poderosos. / The VLSI design complexity, due to the number of involved tools, the enormous generated data volume and the complex nature of the data, was the main cause of the appearance of the frameworks in the end of the 80's. Frameworks are platforms that support the development of design environments and, as their main purpose, liberate the VLSI designers from the supplementary tasks in the design process, as the data management. It makes possible to direct efforts exclusively to obtaining better results, in shorter time and with lower costs. To this purpose, many techniques have been used in the implementation of frameworks. One of these techniques is known as design steps documentation. The design steps documentation is a resource used to keep the design history (usually, executed tools and generated data). It has been widely used in various frameworks. But none of them take full advantage of this resource. Some of them use the design steps documentation only in the data management services. Others, use it only in the design management services. So, the proposal of this work is to create a system that takes full advantage of the design steps documentation, providing information and services to other sub-systems of the framework to complement their functionality, making them more powerful.