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Design Performance by Francis J. O’Donnell PhD, Alexander H.B. Duffy PhD, CEng (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Design Performance about?

The impact of design development on the overall success of a business positions the area as an important performance improvement opportunity. However, design development is exemplified by novelty and non-repeatability, characteristics which provide particular challenges in the definition, measurement and management of performance with a view to improvement. Design Performance scrutinizes the support for improvement in design development provided by research into general business processes and design in particular. The nature of design development in industrial practice is explored and requirements for its modelling and analysis are highlighted. The methods employed encapsulate a formalism composed of three models: E2 formalises and relates the effectiveness and efficiency of a design; Design Activity Management distinguishes design and design management in terms of the knowledge processed in each activity; Performance Measurement and Management describes how these activities relate to each other within the milieu of measurement and management.; A computer-based tool that enables the industrial implementation of the PERFORM approach (analysing the influence of resources on an aspect

Who reads Design Performance?

Author

Francis J. O’Donnell PhD, Alexander H.B. Duffy PhD, CEng (auth.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag London Limited

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781846281471

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Design, Science