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				Managing Engineering Design , 2nd Ed 264 pages - hardback Springer-Verlag UK - (isbn 1-85233-803-2) Aug. 2004
	Price:			85,50 EUR
	Author(s):			Hales, Crispin / Gooch, Shane D.
	Description:			Engineering design concerns us all. In new products we expect higher quality, better reliability, lower cost, improved safety and more respect for the environment. The Design Manager is responsible for fulfilling these disparate and often mutually contradictory expectations, guiding the design team while liaising with and drawing support from project managers, manufacturers, marketing staff, customers and users. Design Managers and their teams will find the revised and expanded second edition of Managing Engineering Design to be a practical book providing a framework of precepts for the management of engineering design projects. Features include: jargon-free language with well-tried, real-world examples; useful tips for managers at the end of each chapter; CD-ROM with checklists - structured questions for the design manager to ask during each phase of the design process and work sheets, - for use during design reviews and as a permanent record of ongoing activity; a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book and on the CD-ROM. Managing Engineering Design is for design managers in industry, general managers with responsibility for design projects, and those training to become
	Contents List:			PART I The Context: Ways of Thinking about Engineering Design; The Project Context; PART II Task, Team and Tools: Profiling the Project; Managing the Design Team; PART III The Project: Project Proposal: Getting the Job; Design Specification: Clarification of the Task; Feasible Concept: Conceptual Design; Developed Concept: Embodiment Design; Final Design: Detail Design for Manufacture; Users and Customers: Design Feedback; Standards and Codes; Engineering Design Process: Review and Analysis; Bibliography.
	Illustrations etc.:			76 illustrations
	Weight:			590 g
	Dimensions:			235 x 159
	Publisher:			Springer-Verlag London Ltd
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