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Product performance as a unifying theme in concurrent design—II. Software

✍ Scribed by Steven H. Kim; Joon A. Ooi


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
758 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0736-5845

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✦ Synopsis


Engineering design involves the satisfaction of customer needs. These needs, whether explicitly stated or only implicitly defined, must be translated into a set of specifications for a product. The subsequent stages of design, fabrication, and maintenance are dedicated to the fulfillment of these specifications. The task of concurrent design is to ensure that the product performs as specified, with fidelity and consistency. Ensuring product performance is the objective of quality assurance. Software packages can be developed to assist in this effort, ranging from the initial phase of requirements definition to production control and maintenance.