4. Edition - April 2008
38.90 Euro
2008. 230 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-51926-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-51926-4 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
This Fourth Edition of Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design retains its original three-part structure: an introduction to designing that sets the scene for the methods, an extended presentation of design methods that constitutes the book's core, and a view of these methods in the broader context of managing the overall design process. The Fourth Edition of this important and integral engineering design textbook contains new case studies, examples, and problems as well as a significant new chapter presenting the User Scenarios Method.

From the contents
About the Author.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Part One: Understanding Design.

1. The Nature of Design.

Design Activities.

Design Problems.

Problem Structures.

2. Design Ability.

What Designers Say.

How Designers Think.

Learning to Design.


3. The Design Process.

Descriptive Models.

Prescriptive Models.

An Integrative Model.

Part Two: Doing Design.

4. New Design Procedures.

Systematic Procedures.

Design Methods.

Creative Methods.

Rational Methods.

5. Identifying Opportunities.

The User Scenarios Method.

6. Clarifying Objectives.

The Objectives Tree Method.

7. Establishing Functions.

The Function Analysis Method.

8. Setting Requirements.

The Performance Specification Method.

9. Determining Characteristics.

The Quality Function Deployment Method.

10. Generating Alternatives.

The Morphological Chart Method.

11. Evaluating Alternatives.

The Weighted Objectives Method.

12. Improving Details.

The Value Engineering Method.

Part Three: Managing Design.

13. Design Strategies.

What is a Design Strategy?

Frameworks for Action.

Strategy Control.

Setting Strategies and Choosing Tactics.

14. Product Development.

Product Design.

Product Planning.

Product Innovation.

References.

Index.