Clive Dym and Patrick Little 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons Table of Contents

2. The Design Process

2.1. How a Design Process Unfolds

2.1.1. Questions About the “safe” Ladder Project
(ladder, objectives, requirements, constraints, functions, design specifications, design alternatives, model, analyze, test and evaluate, refine, optimize, document)

2.1.2. Commentary On the Questions About the “Safe Ladder” Project
(function, form, intent, legal requirement, user requirements, design specifications, prescriptive specifications, procedural specifications, performance specifications, type, externalize, clarifying, translating)

2.2. Describing and Prescribing the Design Process

2.2.1. Describing the Design Process
(concept generation, concept evaluation, communication, concepts, schemes, preliminary designs, embodiment of schemes, detailed design, problem definition, design communication)

2.2.2. Prescribing the Design Process
(prescriptive, input, output, design tasks, sources of information, methods, means)

2.2.3. Feedback and Iteration in the Design Process
(feedback, feedback loop, verification, validation, iteration)

2.2.4. On Opportunities and Limits
(conceptual design, problem solving)

2.3. Strategies, Methods, and Means in the Design Process

2.3.1. Strategic Thinking in the Design Process
(least commitment, functional decomposition, divide and conquer)

2.3.2. Some Formal Methods for the Design Process
(objective trees, pairwise comparison charts, functional analysis, performance specification method, morphological chart, concept selection using numerical evaluation matrices, quality function deployment (QFD))

2.3.3. Some Means for Acquiring and Processing Design Knowledge

2.3.3.1. Means for acquiring information
(literature review, surveys and questionnaires, focus groups, informal interviews, structured interview, brainstorming, synectic, analogies, benchmarking, reverse engineering, artifiact dissection)

2.3.3.2. Means for analyzing information and testing outcomes
(metrics, laboratory experiments, prototype development, proof-of-concept testing, simulation, computer analysis)

2.3.3.3. Means for obtaining feedback
(meetings, formal design review, public hearings, focus groups, beta testing)

2.4. Getting Started: Managing the Design Process

2.4.1. Organizing Design Teams

2.4.1.1. Stages of group formation
(forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning)

2.4.1.2. Team dynamics and brainstorming
(idea and concept generation)

2.4.2. Constructive Conflict: Enjoying a Good Fight
(constructive conflict, destructive conflict, personality-based conflict, idea-based conflict, avoidance, smoothing, forcing, compromise, constructive engagement)

2.5. Case Study and Illustrative Examples

2.5.1. Case Study: Design of a Microlaryngeal Surgical Stabilizer
(laryngeal, problem statement, information-gathering, objectives tree, metrics, comparison chart, morphological chart, design space, selection matrix)

2.5.2. Illustrative Examples: Descriptions and Project Statements

2.6. Notes
2.7. Exercises
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