"Written in a clear and readable style by an experienced author of teaching texts, Engineering Design Methods is an integrated design textbook that presents specific methods within an overall strategy from concept to detail design. It also outlines the nature of design thinking, and sets it within broader contexts of product development and design process management." "Building on the outstanding success of the previous three editions, this edition cements the position of Engineering Design Methods at the forefront of engineering and industrial design as an essential text not only for students and lecturers but also for practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of Contents
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
