Some phenomena of problem decomposition strategy for design thinking: Differences between novices and experts

Design Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-45

  Ho, Chun Heng ^a  

^a Industrial Design Group   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PROBLEM-DECOMPOSING STRATEGIES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0035149039     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(99)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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