Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach

Great, complete and really useful! When I approached this book I had only a vague idea about the argument (plus some understanding about QFD)... but now I can say I have enough knowledge about "Systematic Approach to Design" to apply on the job what I read in this book! No matter if you are a PM or "only" a designer: you should have this book on your desk!

This book probably has some real good technical content. The problem is, I cant get myself to read it. Yeah, most technical engineering books aren't real exciting, but I enjoy them anyway. Most of them I pick up and read in a somewhat cover to cover style, but this book is way to boring. I tried a few times to keep reading, hoping that it would get to part where I might learn some good "Engineering Design" stuff. Unfortunately, I think I have given up on it. Now I have another very expensive shelf weight.

I think this is one of the books that you must have in your own library, of course if you aspire to became engineer. This book is a manual, but not only, I mean it's a bit different from a manual reading: the reason of this thinking is that you have to study once before use it. It explains the process to develop a generic device from the concept, to the embodiment and the detail design. Afterward it present many cases of interrelationship (constructional, of system, ...), tables for the planning, processes for creation of mindset and so on....The only think that I regret is about the approach to much schematic, I mean, of course this is a engineering book, but for the design you need also creativity and passion that this book never bring up.

Who can find a better one ? (perhaps "conceptual design for engineers"). This is not a book about "everything in 500 pages". It is about tools (so yes it can be boring is you read 200 pages a day) and examples.The most important is that it learns you a rigorous mechanical design philosophy in detail.Engineering designers have to be systematic today. Just find a solution is not enough any more. You have to prove it is THE solution, you have to have the tools for it and know how to use them.