Engineering Design Methods Strategies for Product Design

Name: Engineering Design Methods Strategies for Product Design
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ISBN: 9780470519264

ISBN-10: 0470519266

ISBN-13: 9780470519264

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: Nigel Cross

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This new edition has been updated throughout with new examples, and problems broadening the appeal and relevance of the book from engineering design into product design. A new chapter on the User Scenarios Method fills the gap in the current 'symmetrical problem/solution' model of the design process linking 'Overall problem' and 'Overall solution'. It presents a procedure and examples for investigating potential product user wants and needs, including the development of user 'profiles', 'personae' and 'scenarios', and culminating in a clear statement (a design brief) that identifies an opportunity for developing a new product concept. There is also a companion website providing power-point…

Book details

List price: $61.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 230
Size: 6.61" wide x 9.61" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.990

Nigel Cross is Emeritus Professor of Design Studies, Open University, UK. He has vast experience as a design teacher and an international reputation as a design researcher through books such as Designerly Ways of Knowing and Analysing Design Activity, and editorship of the leading research journal, Design Studies.



About the Author


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Understanding Design



The Nature of Design


Design Activities


Design Problems


Problem Structures



Design Ability


What Designers Say


How Designers Think


Learning to Design



The Design Process


Descriptive Models


Prescriptive Models


An Integrative Model



Doing Design



New Design Procedures


Systematic Procedures


Design Methods


Creative Methods


Rational Methods



Identifying Opportunities


The User Scenarios Method



Clarifying Objectives


The Objectives Tree Method



Establishing Functions


The Function Analysis Method



Setting Requirements


The Performance Specification Method



Determining Characteristics


The Quality Function Deployment Method



Generating Alternatives


The Morphological Chart Method



Evaluating Alternatives


The Weighted Objectives Method



Improving Details


The Value Engineering Method



Managing Design



Design Strategies


What is a Design Strategy?


Frameworks for Action


Strategy Control


Setting Strategies and Choosing Tactics



Product Development


Product Design


Product Planning


Product Innovation


References


Index