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ESD.02 Essentials of Engineering Lecture Notes

Processes of Engineering
From Idea to Reality

ProcessResult Related
Assessment and Creation of Need high level needs Be careful not to just restate preconceived solutions!
Invention / Creation enabling ability that hadn't existed Research & Discovery
Architecture & Design what the product/solution looks like
(often at the "first cut" level)
Development Refine the Design to fit the Need We have imperfect knowledge
We don't know what we don't know
Production the actual solution is finished
Delivery solution gets to the need
Maintenance a solution that keeps working
Customer Satifaction generates more need (start back at the top

TEST EACH PROCESS TO GET IT RIGHT

Questions to be asked during the processes:
Is it possible? Where does one begin? Where does one end? What are the constraints, are there true constraints? What is the value added and the cost of each step?