Early alignment of design requirements with stakeholder needs

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1483-1507

  Agouridas, V ^a   Winand, H ^b   McKay, A ^a   De Pennington, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customer needs; Design requirements; Engineering design; Motivational rationale; Product design; Requirements engineering and management; Stakeholder requirements

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MARKETING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CUSTOMER NEEDS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; MOTIVATIONAL RATIONALE; STAKEHOLDER REQUIREMENTS;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247159082     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM404     Document Type: Article

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