Managing engineering design.

Engineering design concerns us all. In new products we expect higher quality, better reliability, lower cost, improved safety and more respect for the environment. The Design Manager is responsible for fulfilling these disparate and often mutually contradictory expectations, guiding the design team...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hales, Crispin, 1945-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gooch, Shayne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer, [2004]
Edition:2nd ed. /
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • PART I The Context: Ways of Thinking about Engineering Design; The Project Context
  • PART II Task, Team and Tools: Profiling the Project; Managing the Design Team
  • PART III The Project: Project Proposal: Getting the Job; Design Specification: Clarification of the Task; Feasible Concept: Conceptual Design; Developed Concept: Embodiment Design; Final Design: Detail Design for Manufacture; Users and Customers: Design Feedback; Standards and Codes; Engineering Design Process: Review and Analysis; Bibliography.