TY - BOOK AU - Cross,Nigel TI - Engineering design methods: strategies for product design SN - 9780470519264 AV - TA174 .C76 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - J. Wiley KW - Conception technique KW - Engineering design KW - fast KW - Product design KW - Produktentwicklung KW - gnd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index; Part One: Understanding Design -- 1. The Nature of DesignDesign Activities -- 2. Design Ability -- 3. The Design Process -- Part Two: Doing Design -- 4. New Design Procedures -- 5. Identifying Opportunities -- 6. Clarifying Objectives -- 7. Establishing Functions -- 8. Setting Requirements -- 9. Determining Characteristics -- 10. Generating Alternatives -- 11. Evaluating Alternatives -- 12. Improving Details -- Part Three: Managing Design -- 13. Design Strategies -- 14. Product Development N2 - This text offers strategies and tactics for product design. Its main emphasis is the design of products that have an engineering context, and it is primarily concerned with problem formulation. This edition contains updated examples and problems, and a chapter on the user scenario method UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2008002727-t.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2008002727-d.html UR - http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz279623569cov.htm ER -