Hales, Crispin

Managing engineering design / Crispin Hales - Harlow, Essex, England : Longman Scientific and Technical, c1993 - xx, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Ways of Thinking About Engineering Design -- 2. The Project Context -- 3. Profiling the Project -- 4. Managing the Design Team -- 5. Project Proposal -- Getting the Job -- 6. Design Specification -- Clarification of the Task -- 7. Feasible Concept -- Conceptual Design -- 8. Developed Concept -- Embodiment Design -- 9. Final Design -- Detail Design for Manufacture -- 10. Users and Customers -- Design Feedback -- 11. Standards and Codes -- 12. Summary.

Presents guidelines for the management of engineering design projects within a framework which encourages a systematic approach to design. It combines experience gained in industry with that in academic design research and includes checklists and worksheets for direct application on projects.

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ENGINEERING DESIGN -- MANAGEMENT

TA 174 .H35 1993