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DSM Spreadsheet Process Model
Each element of a DSM spreadsheet is assigned to a row and its corresponding column in a DSM spreadsheet. A DSM spreadsheet cell is the intersection of a row and a column.
• Rows and columns are ordered identically. Marks in a DSM spreadsheet cell show where one element depends on another. A mark in a row shows that a directed relationship to the row element from a column element exists.
As marked, a DSM spreadsheet defines an equivalent directed graph whose arcs between nodes correspond to marks in the DSM spreadsheet. The two elements at the intersection are related to each other. Arcs entering a graph node are from predecessor nodes, and arcs leaving a node go to successor nodes. So, in a sense in a ...
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