LaurenceSachs
Mechanical
- Aug 11, 2008
- 39
Hi there,
I trust you all are having a good start to the new year!
As a design engineer, I continuously have to look at new ways of designing components or products.
I obviously have to take cost, weight, material, corrosion, reliability, performance etc. into account. I am familiar with using a Weighted Design Matrix. Where all the options are listed and scored based on their affect on the relevant criteria. The option with the best score is the design that we use.
Now I am finding this unreliable, and I would like to know whether you have any process of making calculated decisions for designs?
Any feedback would be great!
Laurence
I trust you all are having a good start to the new year!
As a design engineer, I continuously have to look at new ways of designing components or products.
I obviously have to take cost, weight, material, corrosion, reliability, performance etc. into account. I am familiar with using a Weighted Design Matrix. Where all the options are listed and scored based on their affect on the relevant criteria. The option with the best score is the design that we use.
Now I am finding this unreliable, and I would like to know whether you have any process of making calculated decisions for designs?
Any feedback would be great!
Laurence