Short description:

This book looks at how to design complex products that have many components with intricate relationships and requirements. It also discusses how to manage processes involved in their lifecycles, from concept generation to disposal, with the objectives of increasing customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and usability and meeting program timings and budgets. Part I covers systems engineering concepts and methods in product design. Part II examines quality, human factors, and safety engineering approaches. Part III describes tools and methods, and Part IV includes applications and case studies.

Long description:

This book looks at how to design complex products that have many components with intricate relationships and requirements. It also discusses how to manage processes involved in their lifecycle, from concept generation to disposal, with the objectives of increasing customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and usability and meeting program timings and budgets. Part I covers systems engineering concepts, issues, and bases in product design. Part II examines quality, human factors, and safety engineering approaches. Part III describes important tools and methods used in these fields, and Part IV includes other relevant integration topics, interesting applications of useful techniques, and observations from a few "landmark" product development case studies.

"I personally believe that a book like this is a ?gold mine? for academics, as well as for practitioners in leading R&D roles. It is easily readable, scientifically rigorous and full of examples. I strongly suggest its reading."
?Production Planning and Control, August 2016

Table of Contents:

Systems Engineering Concepts, Issues and Methods in Product Design: Introduction to Products, Processes and Product Development. Systems Engineering and Other Disciplines in Product Design. Decision Making and Trade-Offs. Attributes and Requirements and Functional Analyses. Understanding and Managing Interfaces. Product Evaluation, Verification and Validation. Program Planning and Management. Cost Considerations and Models. Quality, Human Factors and Safety Engineering Approaches: Quality Engineering. Human Factors in Product Design. Safety Engineering in Product Design. Tools and Methods: Methods and Tool Box. Product Development Tools. Quality Tools. Human Factors Engineering Tools. Safety Engineering Tools. Applications, Case Studies and Integration: System Decomposition, Interface Diagram, Interface Matrix, Requirements Cascade and Verification Tests. Case Studies and Integration. Future Research Issues. Appendices.