Excerpt from Development of Tools to Represent Deisgn Procedures This paper is based upon the premise that in practice, design procedures are rather methodical and can therefore be studied and improved. We present model-based approaches toward understanding such design activities in order to improve design practices. Several modeling methodologies are presented and compared on their ability to capture relevant information about design activities and their ability to provide insight into the performance of design processes. ...
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Excerpt from Development of Tools to Represent Deisgn Procedures This paper is based upon the premise that in practice, design procedures are rather methodical and can therefore be studied and improved. We present model-based approaches toward understanding such design activities in order to improve design practices. Several modeling methodologies are presented and compared on their ability to capture relevant information about design activities and their ability to provide insight into the performance of design processes. A detailed description of these models and examples of each are provided for comparison. These models contribute significantly to our understanding of current design practice and yield to analytical tools which facilitate formulation and implementation of improved procedures. In the course of the discussion, limitations of the currently used models are identified, and an enhanced representation is proposed to overcome these limitations. International competition has heightened the need to develop high quality products which can compete in the global marketplace. As a result of this increased competition, the pace of product development has quickened, forcing manufacturers into an era in which continuous quality improvement is a matter of survival, not simply competitive advantage. As the time scale of the product life cycle decreases and the demand for quality increases, one area of attention has been improving products through better designs. The integrative and definitive nature of the design activity is responsible for determining as much as 80% of a product's functionality and cost The high leverage available during the design activity can completely determine a product's success or failure. Design's central role as an important engineering and business concern has recently gained attention in companies and universities around the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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