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 of design performance) and the identification of appropriate
means of design improvement is presented.
Design Performance illustrates its methodological principles
with worked examples and details of industrial practice making it
suitable for an academic teaching and research readership as well
as for commercial designers and managers.
The impact of design development on the overall success of a
business positions the area as an important performance improvement
opportunity. However, designdevelopment 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 of design performance) and the identification of appropriate
means of design improvement is presented.
Design Performance illustrates its methodological principles
with worked examples and details of industrial practice making it
suitable for an academic teaching and research readership as well
as for commercial designers and managers.
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