This is a pitch I made for my graduation assignment. I am conducting this assignment within the project Future Workspaces at the Telematica Instituut in Enschede, The Netherlands.

1. MSc Graduation Assignment
Telematica Instituut - Future Workspaces
Steven Haveman BSc
Industrial Design Engineering – Track Smart Products
University of Twente
steven.haveman@telin.nl
+31 (0)53 4850329

2. Research Outline
• Supporting complex system design for system architects in the Future
Workspace (working together across space and time)
• Architects who are developing complex systems need information and
knowledge overviews
• These overviews need to be flexible and easy accesible in order to
obtain insights from experts
Research Objectives
• Research about the design of complex systems and about
communication and collaboration, visualizing knowledge and user
needs in complex system design
• Design of an implementation of a tool that supports complex system
design
• Evaluation of the impact of this tool using tests
• An analysis of the use of the tool and the research in different contexts

3. How can be participated?
• Interviews with several employees involved in complex systems design
or with similar activities, in order to answer research questions and give
insights in complex system design in practice
• Participation in small-scale and specific tests (the tests can be follow-
up interviews or practical tests)
What can be gained?
• Insights in using Future Workspace methods to support complex
system design
• The implemented tool can offer solutions to existing problems or
provide insights in how these problems should be solved
What is the timeframe?
• Interviews are planned in February 2009
• Tests take place in May 2009
• Results are delivered in July 2009