The proceedings contain 33 PowerPoint presentations. The topics discussed include: from product/service complexity management to innovation; managing complexity in automotive engineering; social network techniques applied to design structure matrix analysis. the case of a new engine development at Ferrari SpA; analyzing core competence and core products for developing agile and adaptable corporation; analyzing communication dependencies in product development using the design structure matrix; benefits derived from use of DSM as part of the ADePT approach to managing engineering projects; DMM partitioning analysis for design study procedure optimization; a simulation model to predict impacts of alterations in development processes; the projection relationship between object process models (OPM) and design system matrices (DSM); and function driven process design for the development of mechatronic systems.