Climbing c-trees : analysing concept-tree content and construction

Eric Blanco (1) , Marie-Anne Le Dain (1) , Pierre Lavayssiere (1) , Pierre Chévrier (1)

1 G-SCOP_CC - Conception collaborative

The aim of the paper is to analyze the rationale of production of C-trees used in innovative design workshop implementing C/K theory. Data had been produced within industrial creative workshops in four Medium industries. Workshops had been conducted by the researchers and 5 C-tree had been produced and analyzed. Existing patterns and rationale in the construction of the C-trees are researched. The Analysis of the content and structure of the C-trees shows that five types of partition are used. The sequence of partition doesn't show any pattern. The subjectivity of the representation is illustrated. Mechanisms of systematic expansion of C space are also illustrated through the C-tree analysis. Based on case study, the paper discuss practical use of C-tree as intermediary object.

Mots clés: Innovation; Creativity; Collaborative design

Domaines: Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Eric Blanco, Marie-Anne Le Dain, Pierre Lavayssiere, Pierre Chévrier. Climbing c-trees : analysing concept-tree content and construction. 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), Aug 2017, Vancouver, Canada. ⟨hal-01725811⟩