A methodology for comparing design processes

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn DS 31, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Stacey, Martin ^a   Earl, Christopher ^b   Eckert, Claudia ^c   O'Donovan, Brendan ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Process modeling; Research methodology; Types of design

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN RESEARCH; EFFECTIVE PRACTICES; ETHNOGRAPHY; NOCV1; PROCESS COMPARISONS; PROCESS MODELING; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84862589131     PISSN: 22204334     EISSN: 22204342     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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