Path Dependencies and Emergent Design Failure in the NA470 Ship Design Course

Abstract

In this capstone project I sought out design failures in my NA470 ship design course and examined why they occurred, why they continued, how they plagued the design and what could have been done differently. In doing this theory centered around complex design problems namely that which concerns path dependencies and emergent design failure was applied in studying the design. The emergent design failures studied are design churn, failure to integrate, and excessive rework. The failures in the ship are the excessive trim, the intact stability, and the damage stability.