- Author
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Chalabi, A. F.
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Beaudin, B. J.
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Salazar, G.
- Title
- Input Variables Impacting Design Effectiveness.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Report
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Source Document 26; Task Force 84-8
April 1987
273 p.
- Keywords
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construction
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effectiveness
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design applications
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decision making
- Identifiers
- influence of early decisions; input variables and design effectiveness; sources and characteristics of data; selected input variables and design outcomes; impact on design effectiveness; guidelines for design effectiveness; input variable analysis for a project
- Abstract
- Design is a complex and creative process consisting of the reconciliation of competing objectives and constraints. Design effectiveness one of the major determinants of project success. In most projects decisions made in the early project phases, including scope definition, selection of the designer and basic engineering have the highest influence on the project. These decisions and other constraints or existing conditions form input variables to design.