Planning and multicriteria optimization of design processes

Proceeding from the assumption that in the future an intensified re-engineering of business processes in the area of product development will be necessary, the development of powerful tools in this area appropriate. An approach is presented providing the support for the restructuring and optimization of business processes surpassing the functional scope of commercially available tools. The approach sets the further goal of imploying the business models generated to perform a multi-criteria process optimization as well. This optimization is to be performed in an automated fashion under end-user control based on a process-related system of key-figures.