Engineering Design Methods

Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Design Fundamentals 1The Activity of Design What Designers Say What Designers Do Case Study 2The Nature of Design Design Problems Problem Structures How Designers Problem Solve 3The Design Process Descriptive Models Prescriptive Models Integrative Models Part Two: Design Practice 4New Design Procedures Systematic Procedures Design Methods Creative Methods Rational Methods 5Identifying Opportunities The User Scenarios Method 6Clarifying Objectives The Objectives Tree Method 7Establishing Functions The Function Analysis Method 8Setting Requirements The Performance Specification Method 9Determining Characteristics The Quality Function Deployment Method 10Generating Alternatives The Morphological Chart Method 11Evaluating Alternatives The Weighted Objectives Method 12Improving Details The Value Engineering Method 13Design Strategies What is a Design Strategy? Strategy Frameworks Strategy Control Learning to Design Developing Expertise Part Three: Design Thinking 14Design and Innovation Product Planning Systems design References and Sources Index