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dc.contributor.advisorWarren P. Seering.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Sourobhen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-03T21:07:39Z
dc.date.available2016-03-03T21:07:39Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101540
dc.descriptionThesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2015.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 109-116).en_US
dc.description.abstractAfter calls for a common terminology to unify the highly distributed literature on engineering design, this thesis develops and presents an emergent framework for the novel description and reconceptualization of the standard product development (PD) process. We begin with a review of the literature on Set-Based Design (SBD), introducing a paradigm called Set- Based Thinking which unifies the SBD and affiliated literatures around common themes and influences. Motivated by a set-based perspective, we then establish the lexicon for a novel framework for PD. Using this lexicon to drive descriptions of PD, we gain new insights on the process, such as the relationship between function and form in early stage design and designers' reliance on articulating form in order to explore the functional space. These insights and others lead us to establish the Designer's Dilemma, which asserts that fixation is an inevitable consequence of exploring ideas in early stage design that cannot be avoided with current ideation techniques. In sum, this thesis articulates a framework which presents a fundamental reconceptualization of the front end of the PD process. We also identify future areas of work upon which the framework can be expanded to address latent research issues in the PD literature.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Sourobh Ghosh.en_US
dc.format.extent118 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleEssays on a novel framework for product development theoryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc940562558en_US


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