Ebook: 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 been directed at developing design process methodologies and building computer tools that focus upon relatively narrow aspects of design, but many key problems in Engineering Design research and practice remain unanswered. Resulting from the First International Engineering Design Debate held in Glasgow, UK in late 1996, this volume discusses the main issues concerning the improvement of design productivity. Covering design studies, design development, concurrent engineering and design knowledge and information, it attempts to derive a common understanding of the basic factors, problems and potential solutions involved.

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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 been directed at developing design process methodologies and building computer tools that focus upon relatively narrow aspects of design, but many key problems in Engineering Design research and practice remain unanswered. Resulting from the First International Engineering Design Debate held in Glasgow, UK in late 1996, this volume discusses the main issues concerning the improvement of design productivity. Covering design studies, design development, concurrent engineering and design knowledge and information, it attempts to derive a common understanding of the basic factors, problems and potential solutions involved.

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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 been directed at developing design process methodologies and building computer tools that focus upon relatively narrow aspects of design, but many key problems in Engineering Design research and practice remain unanswered. Resulting from the First International Engineering Design Debate held in Glasgow, UK in late 1996, this volume discusses the main issues concerning the improvement of design productivity. Covering design studies, design development, concurrent engineering and design knowledge and information, it attempts to derive a common understanding of the basic factors, problems and potential solutions involved.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Design Productivity....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Investigating Productivity in Engineering Design: a Theoretical and Empirical Perspective....Pages 13-31
Negotiating Right Along: An Extended Case Study of the Social Activity of Engineering Design....Pages 32-50
Influences on Design Productivity - Empirical Investigations of Group Design Processes in Industry....Pages 51-77
Computer Supported Co-operative Product Development Using a Process-Based Approach....Pages 78-99
Competitive Industrial Product Development Needs Multi-Disciplinary Knowledge Acquisition....Pages 100-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
A Socio-Technical System for the Support of the Management and Control of Engineering Design Projects.....Pages 113-150
The Design Co-ordination Framework: key elements for effective product development....Pages 151-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Concurrent Engineering: A Successful Example for Engineering Design Research....Pages 175-186
Understanding the Concurrent Engineering Implementation Process — A Study Using Focus Groups....Pages 187-202
Architecture to Handle Concurrent Engineering....Pages 203-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Design Information Issues In New Product Development....Pages 231-254
Improving Design Management in the Building Industry....Pages 255-267
Design as Building and Reusing Artifact Theories: Understanding and Supporting Growth of Design Knowledge....Pages 268-290
Back Matter....Pages 291-291

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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 been directed at developing design process methodologies and building computer tools that focus upon relatively narrow aspects of design, but many key problems in Engineering Design research and practice remain unanswered. Resulting from the First International Engineering Design Debate held in Glasgow, UK in late 1996, this volume discusses the main issues concerning the improvement of design productivity. Covering design studies, design development, concurrent engineering and design knowledge and information, it attempts to derive a common understanding of the basic factors, problems and potential solutions involved.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Design Productivity....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Investigating Productivity in Engineering Design: a Theoretical and Empirical Perspective....Pages 13-31
Negotiating Right Along: An Extended Case Study of the Social Activity of Engineering Design....Pages 32-50
Influences on Design Productivity - Empirical Investigations of Group Design Processes in Industry....Pages 51-77
Computer Supported Co-operative Product Development Using a Process-Based Approach....Pages 78-99
Competitive Industrial Product Development Needs Multi-Disciplinary Knowledge Acquisition....Pages 100-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
A Socio-Technical System for the Support of the Management and Control of Engineering Design Projects.....Pages 113-150
The Design Co-ordination Framework: key elements for effective product development....Pages 151-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Concurrent Engineering: A Successful Example for Engineering Design Research....Pages 175-186
Understanding the Concurrent Engineering Implementation Process — A Study Using Focus Groups....Pages 187-202
Architecture to Handle Concurrent Engineering....Pages 203-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Design Information Issues In New Product Development....Pages 231-254
Improving Design Management in the Building Industry....Pages 255-267
Design as Building and Reusing Artifact Theories: Understanding and Supporting Growth of Design Knowledge....Pages 268-290
Back Matter....Pages 291-291
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