ENGINEER 1P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Design Issues
23 Apr 2016
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A person or group or company that wants a design conceived. A person at the food company in charge of the new juice product. The government agency that contracts for the new highway system. Motivates and presents the starting point for the design. Who will employ or operate whatever is being designed. Key player in the design effort because these designs have to meet their needs. Job is to solve the client"s problem in a way that meets the user"s needs. May relate differently to internal and external clients. First task is to question the client to clarify what the client really wants and translate it into a form that is useful to her as an engineer. Client, user and designer may not be three or two different people. For most design projects, it is useful to distinguish between the three different roles and their respective responsibilities.
