Abstract:

There exist a lot of engineering design methodologies, methods and/or tools implemented in guidelines and standards which help engineering designers to reduce constructional, safety, environmental, etc. risks of designed (future) technical products. Their common feature is especially high dependence on specialized experience of their users, time consuming, and their mutual both conceptual and terminological inconsistency resulting in very difficult compatibility with engineering designing itself. Properly performed risk analyses provide outputs that are negative at first sight, but their proper use opens up space for fundamental innovation of designed Technical products. Engineering Design Science and Methodology (EDSM), especially its core part Theory of Technical Systems (TTS), are being used as a basis for the developing comprehensive theory and methodology aiming at rationalization of the mentioned activities including their SW supports to achieve higher risk robustness of the designed technical products considered as Technical systems (TS).