Design for values in engineering

Design for values in engineering

van de Poel, I.R. (TU Delft Values Technology and Innovation)

Values Technology and Innovation

2015

Values have probably always played a role in engineering design. However, in current practices and design methods, the attention for values in engineering design tends to be implicit and unsystematic. Establishing Design for Values in engineering would require overcoming this situation. This contribution discusses which values play a role in engineering and engineering design, describes existing methods and experiences with Design for Values in engineering, and explores how values can be integrated into engineering design and existing design methods, in particular quality function deployment (QFD). It identifies four challenges for Design for Values in engineering: (1) discovery of the values to be included in engineering design; (2) translation of these values into engineering characteristics; (3) choice among design options that meet different values to different degrees; and (4) verification of whether a design indeed embodies the intended values.

Design for values
Design for X
Design methods
Engineering design
QFD
Values

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0658f32f-ba7e-4bfb-b1fe-44e73d0a2ecf

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6970-0_25

Springer

2015-11-08

9789400769694

Handbook of Ethics, Values, and Technological Design: Sources, Theory, Values and Application Domains

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