Ebook: Design process improvement: A review of current practice
- Tags: Engineering Design, Management/Business for Professionals, Manufacturing Machines Tools, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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vi The process is important! I learned this lesson the hard way during my previous existence working as a design engineer with PA Consulting Group's Cambridge Technology Centre. One of my earliest assignments involved the development of a piece of labo- tory automation equipment for a major European pharmaceutical manufacturer.Two things stick in my mind from those early days – first, that the equipment was always to be ready for delivery in three weeks and,second,that being able to write well structured Pascal was not sufficient to deliver reliable software performance. Delivery was ultimately six months late,the project ran some sixty percent over budget and I gained my first promotion to Senior Engineer. At the time it puzzled me that I had been unable to predict the John Clarkson real effort required to complete the automation project – I had Reader in Engineering Design, genuinely believed that the project would be finished in three Director, Cambridge Engineering weeks.It was some years later that I discovered Kenneth Cooper's Design Centre papers describing the Rework Cycle and realised that I had been the victim of “undiscovered rework”.I quickly learned that project plans were not just inaccurate,as most project managers would attest,but often grossly misleading,bearing little resemblance to actual development practice.
There is always room for improvement in design. Maybe there is need for a better product, or for a better, more effective and economic, design process-the late delivery of new products has been shown to be the single largest contributor to the loss of company profits in the UK. Our own experience of working with automotive, aerospace and healthcare companies has shown that effective communication, management of change and process planning are essential ingredients for an effective product development process. This book aims to develop an understanding of these issues as a means to facilitate design process improvement. Part I contains a series of review articles written by a team of international experts on models of design, perspectives on design, design practice and design management. Part II provides an introduction to the wealth of academic research on these topics by presenting the activities of research centres from around the world. It is for: business leaders who want to understand the role of design management as a driver for commercial success; design managers who want to improve their company design procedures; designers who want to know how to design more efficiently; researchers who want to explore the field of design process improvement. An up-to-date source of information on design process improvement may be found at: http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/designprocessbook
There is always room for improvement in design. Maybe there is need for a better product, or for a better, more effective and economic, design process-the late delivery of new products has been shown to be the single largest contributor to the loss of company profits in the UK. Our own experience of working with automotive, aerospace and healthcare companies has shown that effective communication, management of change and process planning are essential ingredients for an effective product development process. This book aims to develop an understanding of these issues as a means to facilitate design process improvement. Part I contains a series of review articles written by a team of international experts on models of design, perspectives on design, design practice and design management. Part II provides an introduction to the wealth of academic research on these topics by presenting the activities of research centres from around the world. It is for: business leaders who want to understand the role of design management as a driver for commercial success; design managers who want to improve their company design procedures; designers who want to know how to design more efficiently; researchers who want to explore the field of design process improvement. An up-to-date source of information on design process improvement may be found at: http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/designprocessbook
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The reality of design....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 30-31
Models of designing....Pages 34-59
Design planning and modelling....Pages 60-87
Systems engineering....Pages 89-113
Requirements engineering....Pages 116-139
Human resources....Pages 140-157
Artificial intelligence for design process improvement....Pages 158-173
Complexity....Pages 174-197
Thinking and representing in design....Pages 198-229
Communication in design....Pages 232-261
Engineering change....Pages 262-285
Risk in the design process....Pages 286-305
Design for X....Pages 306-323
Engineering knowledge management....Pages 326-343
Quality management....Pages 344-365
Workflow for design....Pages 366-385
Integrated new product development....Pages 386-403
Product portfolio management....Pages 404-435
The transfer of methods into industry....Pages 436-459
Front Matter....Pages 460-461
Institute of Theoretical Psychology, University of Bamberg....Pages 462-465
Front Matter....Pages 460-461
Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre, University of Bath....Pages 466-469
Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge....Pages 470-473
A culture of design research and teaching, Carnegie Mellon University....Pages 474-477
Product Development and Machine Elements, Darmstadt University of Technology....Pages 478-481
School of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology....Pages 482-485
The Design Group, Technical University of Denmark....Pages 486-489
The Systems Realization Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology....Pages 490-493
Engineering Design Research, University of Grenoble....Pages 494-497
Institute of Machine Design and Automotive Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH)....Pages 498-501
Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University....Pages 502-505
Information Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, University of Magdeburg....Pages 506-509
Design Process Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology....Pages 510-513
Institute of Product Development, Technische Universit?t M?nchen....Pages 514-517
Engineering Design Centre, University of Newcastle....Pages 518-521
Center for Design Research, Stanford University....Pages 522-525
Integrated Product Development, the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm....Pages 526-529
The CAD Centre, University of Strathclyde....Pages 530-533
BAE SYSTEMS/Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design....Pages 534-537
M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University....Pages 538-541
Technological Innovation Research Group, Politecnico di Torino....Pages 542-545
Front Matter....Pages 460-461
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam....Pages 546-549
The Center for Engineering Learning and Technology, University of Washington....Pages 550-553
Back Matter....Pages 555-560
There is always room for improvement in design. Maybe there is need for a better product, or for a better, more effective and economic, design process-the late delivery of new products has been shown to be the single largest contributor to the loss of company profits in the UK. Our own experience of working with automotive, aerospace and healthcare companies has shown that effective communication, management of change and process planning are essential ingredients for an effective product development process. This book aims to develop an understanding of these issues as a means to facilitate design process improvement. Part I contains a series of review articles written by a team of international experts on models of design, perspectives on design, design practice and design management. Part II provides an introduction to the wealth of academic research on these topics by presenting the activities of research centres from around the world. It is for: business leaders who want to understand the role of design management as a driver for commercial success; design managers who want to improve their company design procedures; designers who want to know how to design more efficiently; researchers who want to explore the field of design process improvement. An up-to-date source of information on design process improvement may be found at: http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/designprocessbook
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The reality of design....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 30-31
Models of designing....Pages 34-59
Design planning and modelling....Pages 60-87
Systems engineering....Pages 89-113
Requirements engineering....Pages 116-139
Human resources....Pages 140-157
Artificial intelligence for design process improvement....Pages 158-173
Complexity....Pages 174-197
Thinking and representing in design....Pages 198-229
Communication in design....Pages 232-261
Engineering change....Pages 262-285
Risk in the design process....Pages 286-305
Design for X....Pages 306-323
Engineering knowledge management....Pages 326-343
Quality management....Pages 344-365
Workflow for design....Pages 366-385
Integrated new product development....Pages 386-403
Product portfolio management....Pages 404-435
The transfer of methods into industry....Pages 436-459
Front Matter....Pages 460-461
Institute of Theoretical Psychology, University of Bamberg....Pages 462-465
Front Matter....Pages 460-461
Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre, University of Bath....Pages 466-469
Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge....Pages 470-473
A culture of design research and teaching, Carnegie Mellon University....Pages 474-477
Product Development and Machine Elements, Darmstadt University of Technology....Pages 478-481
School of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology....Pages 482-485
The Design Group, Technical University of Denmark....Pages 486-489
The Systems Realization Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology....Pages 490-493
Engineering Design Research, University of Grenoble....Pages 494-497
Institute of Machine Design and Automotive Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH)....Pages 498-501
Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University....Pages 502-505
Information Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, University of Magdeburg....Pages 506-509
Design Process Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology....Pages 510-513
Institute of Product Development, Technische Universit?t M?nchen....Pages 514-517
Engineering Design Centre, University of Newcastle....Pages 518-521
Center for Design Research, Stanford University....Pages 522-525
Integrated Product Development, the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm....Pages 526-529
The CAD Centre, University of Strathclyde....Pages 530-533
BAE SYSTEMS/Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design....Pages 534-537
M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University....Pages 538-541
Technological Innovation Research Group, Politecnico di Torino....Pages 542-545
Front Matter....Pages 460-461
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam....Pages 546-549
The Center for Engineering Learning and Technology, University of Washington....Pages 550-553
Back Matter....Pages 555-560
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