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Design Specification: Clarification of the Task

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Managing Engineering Design

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In order to carry out a design project successfully, two things need to be established as early as possible:

  • • A clear statement of the problem to be solved, for which solutions will be sought.

  • • A set of requirements and constraints against which to evaluate the proposed solutions.

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Hales, C., Gooch, S. (2004). Design Specification: Clarification of the Task. In: Managing Engineering Design. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-394-7_7

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