The Design Productivity Debate /
Over the past decade, with greater emphasis being placed upon shorter lead times, better quality products, reduced product costs, and greater customer satisfaction, the topic of Engineering Design has received increased interest from the industrial and ac ademic communities. Considerable effort has...
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London :
Springer London,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Summary Paper
- I: Design Studies: investigating productivity; social activity of engineering design; influences on design process in industry; co-operative product development using process-based approach; multidisciplinary knowledge acquisition
- II: Design Development: socio-technical system for supporting design management; Design Co-ordination Framework: key elements
- III: Concurrent Engineering: a successful example of design research; using focus groups; architecture for Concurrent Engineering
- IV: Design Knowledge and Information: design information issues; improving design management in the building industry; design as building and reuse of artifact.