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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.
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.
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.
About the Author
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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Preface ix
Part I: Models of Designing
Chapter 1: The Design Question
Chapter 2: How Engineers Think of Design–The Rational Model
Chapter 3: What’s Wrong with This Model?
Chapter 4: Requirements, Sin, and Contracts
Chapter 5: What Are Better Design Process Models?
Part II: Collaboration and Telecollaboration
Chapter 6: Collaboration in Design
Chapter 7: Telecollaboration
Part III: Design Perspectives
Chapter 8: Rationalism versus Empiricism in Design
Chapter 9: User Models–Better Wrong than Vague
Chapter 10: Inches, Ounces, Bits, Dollars–The Budgeted Resource
Chapter 11: Constraints Are Friends
Chapter 12: Esthetics and Style in Technical Design
Chapter 13: Exemplars in Design
Chapter 14: How Expert Designers Go Wrong
Chapter 15: The Divorce of Design
Chapter 16: Representing Designs’ Trajectories and Rationales
Part IV: A Computer Scientist’s Dream System for Designing Houses
Chapter 17: A Computer Scientist’s Dream System for Designing Houses–Mind to Machine
Chapter 18: A Computer Scientist’s Dream System for Designing Houses–Machine to Mind
Part V: Great Designers
Chapter 19: Great Designs Come from Great Designers
Chapter 20: Where Do Great Designers Come From?
Part VI: Trips through Design Spaces: Case Studies
Chapter 21: Case Study: Beach House “View/360”
Chapter 22: Case Study: House Wing Addition
Chapter 23: Case Study: Kitchen Remodeling
Chapter 24: Case Study: System/360 Architecture
Chapter 25: Case Study: IBM Operating System/360
Chapter 26: Case Study: Book Design of Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution
Chapter 27: Case Study: A Joint Computer Center Organization: Triangle Universities Computation Center
Chapter 28: Recommended Reading
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
People Index
Subject Index
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