Support system and non-transitory computer readable medium

1. A design support system comprising:

memory that stores information on design element classification that classifies a design element included in a product, and information on design requirement classification that classifies a design requirement required for the product;

a receiving unit that receives technical information regarding a design trouble;

an associating unit that refers to technical information regarding a design trouble, received by the receiving unit, and associates a classification item in the design requirement classification to which the design trouble belongs and a classification item in the design element classification to which a design element causing the design trouble belongs with each other, along with information on a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element included in the technical information; and

an output unit that, in response to retrieval of a classification item of a certain design element in the design element classification, outputs a classification item in the design requirement classification associated with the retrieved classification item of the design element, along with information on a number of occurrences of design trouble for each phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element,

wherein, in a case where information on the number of occurrences of design trouble is selected, the output unit outputs technical information regarding a design trouble corresponding to the selected information on the number of occurrences of design trouble.

2. The design support system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an analyzing unit that analyzes details of the design trouble, a design element causing the design trouble, and a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element by conducting a natural language analysis on the technical information regarding the design trouble,

wherein, on the basis of an analysis result obtained by the analyzing unit, the associating unit associates a classification item in the design requirement classification to which the design trouble belongs and a classification item in the design element classification to which a design element causing the design trouble belongs with each other, along with information on a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element included in the technical information.

3. The design support system according to claim 2 , wherein, when conducting a natural language analysis on the technical information regarding the design trouble, the analyzing unit extracts a predicate that receives a subject in a case where a word of a design element serves as the subject, or a modifier that modifies a modified word in a case where a word of a design element serves as the modified word, as a word representing a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element.

4. The design support system according to claim 2 , wherein:

the analyzing unit stores a synonym dictionary containing a group of a plurality of synonyms that express an identical classification item in different words, and

when conducting a natural language analysis on the technical information regarding the design trouble, the analyzing unit analyzes details of the design trouble and a design element causing the design trouble using the synonym dictionary.

5. The design support system according to claim 3 , wherein:

the analyzing unit stores a synonym dictionary containing a group of a plurality of synonyms that express an identical classification item in different words, and

when conducting a natural language analysis on the technical information regarding the design trouble, the analyzing unit analyzes details of the design trouble and a design element causing the design trouble using the synonym dictionary.

6. The design support system according to claim 2 , wherein the output unit further comprises:

in response to retrieval of a classification item of a certain design requirement in the design requirement classification, outputting a classification item in the design element classification associated with the retrieved classification item of the design requirement, along with information on a number of occurrences of design trouble for each phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element.

7. The design support system according to claim 3 , wherein the output unit further comprises:

in response to retrieval of a classification item of a certain design requirement in the design requirement classification, outputting a classification item in the design element classification associated with the retrieved classification item of the design requirement, along with information on a number of occurrences of design trouble for each phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element.

8. The design support system according to claim 4 , wherein the output unit further comprises:

in response to retrieval of a classification item of a certain design requirement in the design requirement classification, outputting a classification item in the design element classification associated with the retrieved classification item of the design requirement, along with information on a number of occurrences of design trouble for each phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element.

9. The design support system according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit further comprises:

in a case where any of information on a classification item in the design requirement classification, information on a classification item in the design element classification, and information on a phenomenon indicating the failure status is specified, associatively outputting the other two pieces of information that are associated in the memory with the specified piece of information.

10. The design support system according to claim 1 , wherein the design element classification is component classification that classifies a component included in a product, and the design requirement classification is a design specification list indicating a list of design specifications required for the product.

11. The design support system according to claim 1 , wherein the design element classification is component classification that classifies a component included in a product, and the design requirement classification is trouble classification that classifies a design trouble occurring in the product.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

receiving technical information regarding a design trouble;

referring to technical information regarding a design trouble, received in the receiving, and associating a classification item in design requirement classification to which the design trouble belongs and a classification item in design element classification to which a design element causing the design trouble belongs with each other, along with information on a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element included in the technical information; and

in response to retrieval of a classification item of a certain design element in the design element classification, outputting a classification item in the design requirement classification associated with the retrieved classification item of the design element, along with information on a number of occurrences of design trouble for each phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element,

wherein, in a case where information on the number of occurrences of design trouble is selected, the process outputs technical information regarding a design trouble corresponding to the selected information on the number of occurrences of design trouble.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

by analyzing technical information regarding a design trouble, storing information on a classification item in design requirement classification to which the design trouble belongs and classification item information in design element classification to which a design element causing the design trouble belongs in association with each other, along with information on a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element included in the technical information;

in a case where any of information on a classification item in the design requirement classification, information on a classification item in the design element classification, and information on a phenomenon indicating the failure status is specified, applying control to associatively display, on a display, the other two pieces of information that are associated in the storing with the specified piece of information; and

in response to retrieval of a classification item of a certain design element in the design element classification, outputting a classification item in the design requirement classification associated with the retrieved classification item of the design element, along with information on a number of occurrences of design trouble for each phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element,

wherein, in a case where information on the number of occurrences of design trouble is selected, the process outputs technical information regarding a design trouble corresponding to the selected information on the number of occurrences of design trouble.