An Analysis of Design Decision-Making in Industrial Practice

Saeema Ahmed; Claus Thorp Hansen

An Analysis of Design Decision-Making in Industrial Practice

Saeema Ahmed
, Claus Thorp Hansen

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Abstract

This paper describes research that confronts a generic decision-making model with design strategies employed by experienced designers. The relationship between the decision-making activities proposed by the model and the eight design strategies identified by an empirical study of design work is examined. The analysis led to a deeper understanding of the decision-making activities undertaken by engineering designers in industrial practice. The decision-making episodes undertaken by individual designers were supported by design strategies, not by formal decision-making methods. This implies that designers in practice do not rely solely on methods to support their decision-making process, but also on the use of relevant design strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th International Design Conference
Editors	Dorian Marjanovic
Volume	1-2
Place of Publication	Dubrovnik
Publisher	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb and The Design Society
Publication date	2002
Edition	1
Pages	145-150
ISBN (Print)	953-6313-46-4, 953-6313-45-6
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	7th International Design Conference - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 14 May 2002 → 17 May 2002 Conference number: 7

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Conference	7th International Design Conference
Number	7
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	14/05/2002 → 17/05/2002

Keywords

Decision-making
industrial practice
empirical research

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Ahmed, S., & Hansen, C. T. (2002). An Analysis of Design Decision-Making in Industrial Practice. In D. Marjanovic (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Design Conference (1 ed., Vol. 1-2, pp. 145-150). Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb and The Design Society. http://www.web.mek.dtu.dk/staff/sah/publications/publications.htm

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Ahmed, S & Hansen, CT 2002, An Analysis of Design Decision-Making in Industrial Practice. in D Marjanovic (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Design Conference. 1 edn, vol. 1-2, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb and The Design Society, Dubrovnik, pp. 145-150, 7th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 14/05/2002. <http://www.web.mek.dtu.dk/staff/sah/publications/publications.htm>

An Analysis of Design Decision-Making in Industrial Practice. / Ahmed, Saeema; Hansen, Claus Thorp.
Proceedings of the 7th International Design Conference. ed. / Dorian Marjanovic. Vol. 1-2 1. ed. Dubrovnik: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb and The Design Society, 2002. p. 145-150.

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