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Making Sensenbsp;of Design
nbsp; Effective design is at the heart of everything from software development to engineering to architecture. But what do we really know about the design process? What leads to effective, elegant designs? The Design of Design addresses these questions. nbsp; These new essays by Fred Brooks contain extraordinary insights for designers in every discipline. Brooks pinpoints constants inherent in all design projects and uncovers processes and patterns likely to lead to excellence. Drawing on conversations with dozens of exceptional designers, as well as his own experiences in several design domains, Brooks observes that bold design decisions lead to better outcomes. nbsp; The author tracks the evolution of the design process, treats collaborative and distributed design, and illuminates what makes a truly great designer. He examines the nuts and bolts of design processes, including budget constraints of many kinds, aesthetics, design empiricism, and tools, and grounds this discussion in his own real-world examples--case studies ranging from home construction to IBM's Operating System/360. Throughout, Brooks reveals keys to success that every designer, design project manager, and design researcher should know. nbsp;Author Notes
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. , is Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the recipient of the National Medal of Technology, for his work on IBM's Operating System/360, and the A. M. Turing Award, for his "landmark contributions to computer architecture, operating systems, and software engineering." He is the author of the best-selling book The Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition (Addison-Wesley, 1995).
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Experience is one of Brooks's greatest virtues. Brooks (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) has been exposed to a wide variety of design projects over the years and has developed a tremendous amount of insight, which he conveys in this essay collection. This work is a follow-up to The Mythical Man-Month (CH, May'96, 33-5142), a quite popular tome within the computer science community, but it stands up well on its own and will interest a wider audience. Brooks frequently skips back and forth between examples from his career at IBM to those based on designing a corporate beach house. By utilizing these two differing examples, he shows that many concepts are universal to all design projects; readers seeking more detail on computer science projects may be disappointed. The text begins with a discussion of how design toward the rational model as often captured in the waterfall process is not feasible to many projects, and then discusses the alternative spiral model. Next, the book addresses design and collaboration. One of the most insightful but least technical sections follows; it focuses on aspects such as empiricism versus rationalism, qualities of design, the benefits of constraints, and more. Includes numerous case studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners interested in design. R. S. Stansbury Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Table of Contents
I Models of Designing |
1 The Design Question |
2 How Engineers Think of Design-The Rational Model |
3 What's Wrong with This Model? |
4 Requirements, Sin, and Contracts |
5 What Are Better Design Process Models? |
II Collaboration and Telecollaboration |
6 Collaboration |
7 Telecollaboration |
III Design Aspects |
8 User Models-Better Wrong than Vague |
9 The Budgeted Resource |
10 Constraints are Friends |
11 Rationalism vs. Empiricism in Design |
12 Esthetics and Style in Technical Design |
13 The Role of Exemplars |
14 How Expert Designers Go Wrong |
15 The Divorced Designer |
16 Design Rationale Tools |
17 Rationales and Rationalizing |
IV A Dream System for the Design of Houses |
18 Dream System-Mind to Machine |
19 Dream System-Machine to Mind |
V Great Designers |
20 Great Designs Come From Great Designers |
21 Where Do Great Designers Come From? |
VI Trips Through Design Spaces: Case Studies |
22 Case Study: Beach House Design Rationale |
23 Case Study: Kitchen Remodeling |
24 Case Study: House Wing |
25 Case Study: System/360 Architecture |
26 Case Study: Operating System/360 |
27 Case Study: Joint Comp. Center Organization |
End Matter |
Recommended Reading |
Bibliography |