Total Design: Integrated Methods for Successful Product Engineering

By Stuart Pugh

Based around a core of design activities, this book presents the design function as a systematic and disciplined process, the objective of which is to create innovative products that satisfy customer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201416395
• ISBN13: 9780201416398
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Pugh lives on...

...in modern methods like Design for Six Sigma, but there's no substitute for returning to the original source. Pugh's methods are highly compatible with contemporary Lean and Agile product development philosophies. Students of Toyota's set-based concurrent engineering will find complementary ideas here.

A truely comprehensive and practical book

This is one of the most useful and practical books in my very extensive library. Finally, a book that actually speaks to the problem of product development and product design from the standpoint of the practitioner. I highly recommend this book.

No doubt a GREAT book! One of my best!

Make no mistake here. Total Design is certaingly one of the best books EVER on the subject of product development and engineering design. It is applicable both to students learning engineering design, as well to professionals trying to fix up their PD practice by means of trying to structure the way they develop new and improved product. Get it! Read it! USE IT! You will never regret!

Excellent.

An excellent description of "systematic design procedures & total design rigour". Pugh offers an especially useful methodology for driving conceptual designs toward the best possible solution. This is a good buy.