Flexibility in Engineering Design

by Stefan Scholtes and Richard de Neufville

Book Overview

A guide to using the power of design flexibility to improve the performance of complex technological projects, for designers, managers, users, and analysts.

Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016230
• ISBN13: 9780262016230
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher