Comment on New Book by Fred Brooks - The Design of DesignComments−renkeyes16yIn case you're curious, the Table of Contents are listed below:CopyrightAbout the AuthorPrefacePart I: Models of DesigningChapter 1. The Design QuestionChapter 2. How Engineers Think of Design -- The Rational ModelChapter 3. What's Wrong with This Model?Chapter 4. Requirements, Sin, and ContractsChapter 5. What Are Better Design Process Models?Part II: Collaboration and TelecollaborationChapter 6. Collaboration in DesignChapter 7. TelecollaborationPart III: Design PerspectivesChapter 8. Rationalism versus Empiricism in DesignChapter 9. User Models -- Better Wrong than VagueChapter 10. Inches, Ounces, Bits, Dollars -- The Budgeted ResourceChapter 11. Constraints Are FriendsChapter 12. Esthetics and Style in Technical DesignChapter 13. Exemplars in DesignChapter 14. How Expert Designers Go WrongChapter 15. The Divorce of DesignChapter 16. Representing Designs' Trajectories and Rationales: In collaboration with Sharif RazzaquePart IV: A Computer Scientist's Dream System for Designing HousesChapter 17. A Computer Scientist's Dream System for Designing Houses -- Mind to MachineChapter 18. A Computer Scientist's Dream System for Designing Houses -- Machine to MindPart V: Great DesignersChapter 19. Great Designs Come from Great Designers: Not from Great Design ProcessesChapter 20. Where Do Great Designers Come From?Part VI: Trips through Design Spaces: Case StudiesChapter 21. Case Study: Beach House "View/360"Chapter 22. Case Study: House Wing AdditionChapter 23. Case Study: Kitchen RemodelingChapter 24. Case Study: System/360 ArchitectureChapter 25. Case Study: IBM Operating System/360Chapter 26. Case Study: Book Design of Computer Architecture: Concepts and EvolutionChapter 27. Case Study: A Joint Computer Center Organization: Triangle Universities Computation CenterChapter 28. Recommended ReadingAcknowledgmentsBibliography
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In case you're curious, the Table of Contents are listed below:
Copyright
About the Author
Preface
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: In collaboration with Sharif Razzaque
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: Not from Great Design Processes
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