內容介紹
無論是軟體開發、工程還是建築，有效的設計都是工作的核心。但我們對設計過程真正知道多少？怎樣進行有效的、優雅的設計？你將在本書中找到這些問題的答案。Fred Brooks的這些新文章包含了各個行業設計者的特別領悟。Brooks精確地找到了所有設計項目中內在的不變數，揭示了進行優秀設計的過程和模式。通過與幾十位優秀設計者的對話，包括他自己在幾個設計領域的經驗，Brooks指出，大膽的設計決定會產生更好的結果。
作者介紹
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. 《人月神話》作者，“IBM System/360之父”，北卡羅萊納大學計算機科學系的Kenan教授。作品目錄
ContentsI Models of Designing???????????????1
Chapter 1The Design Question????????????????3
Chapter 2How Engineers Think of Design—The Rational Model???????????????13
Chapter 3What's Wrong with This Model???????????????13
Chapter 4Requirements, Sin, and Contracts?????????????????39
Chapter 5What Are Better Design Process Models??????????????51
IICollaboartion and Telecollaboration?????????????61
Chapter 6Collaboration in Design?????????????63
Chapter 7Telecollaboration?????????????89
IIIDesign Prespectives?????????????103
Chapter 8Rationalism versus Empricism in Design?????????????105
Chapter 9User Models—Better Wrong than Vague?????????????113
Chapter 10Inches, Ounces, Bits, Dollars—The Budegted Resource?????????????119
Chapter 11Constraints Are Friends?????????????127
Chapter 12Esthetics and Style in Technical Design?????????????139
Chapter 13Exemplars in Design?????????????153
Chapter 14How Expert Designers Go Wrong?????????????167
Chapter 15The Divorce of Design?????????????175
Chapter 16Representing Designs' Trajectories and Rationales?????????????185
IVA Computer Scientist's Dream System for Designing Houses?????????????201
Chapter 17A Computer Scientist's Dream System for Designing Houses——Mind to Machine?????????????203
Chapter 18A Computer Scientist's Dream System for Designing Houses——Machine to Mind?????????????219
VGreat Designers?????????????229
Chapter 19Great Designs Come from Great Designers?????????????231
Chapter 20Where Do Great Designers Come From??????????????243
VITrips through Design Spaces: Case Studies?????????????257
Chapter 21Case Study: Beach House "View/360"?????????????259
Chapter 22Case Study: House Wing Addition?????????????279
Chapter 23Case Study: Kitchen Remodeling?????????????297
Chapter 24Case Study: System/360 Architecture?????????????313
Chapter 25Case Study: IBM Opeartiong System/360?????????????331
Chapter 26Case Study: Book Design of Computer Computer?????????????347
Chapter 27Case Study: A Joint Computer Center Organization: Triangle Universities Computation Center?????????????355
Chapter 28Recommended Reading?????????????367
Acknowledgments?????????????371
Biblography?????????????375
People Index?????????????393
Subject Index?????????????401
