Evaluating the Relationship Between Product and User

Rodgers, Paul A. and Patterson, Alastair C. and Wilson, Derek R. (1994) Evaluating the Relationship Between Product and User. In: IEE Colloquium on Customer Driven Quality in Product Design. IET, 9/1-9/3.

Abstract

The paper describes a research project which seeks to develop a conceptual model of the process of product design evaluation. The paper presents a method for evaluating concept design proposals by means of quantifying the attributes, in user terms, that a particular product should possess. The work is based on current product design practice and a computer aided evaluation system tool is used to implement the evaluation methodology.