期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2011
语种：English
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：An exploratory survey, conducted in 2010, has led to a better understanding of the design practices of Qu é bec businesses located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gasp é sie, Î les-de-la-Madeleine, and C ô te-Nord regions. This survey was conducted among 31 businesses from different sectors of activity focused on design methods, tools and techniques. The research aims to develop a method and a tool to assess and characterize an organization, its design system and its design process. The results will serve to establish an observatory of the design practices. Such an observatory will contribute to improve the engineering design education. The study shows, among other things, that most businesses claim to use a structured design process, although a very few resort to structured methods, sophisticated tools, or specialized design techniques. The results seem to indicate that the design process of SME located in the Lower Saint-Lawrence Area is not as organized as it could be expected. To understand the determinants of design performance better, and to develop indicators for assessing the design process, a new research has been launched. A conceptual model, derived from a review of literature, was selected to develop the indicators. Three axes (environmental, human and techno-scientific knowledge) and three aspects (organisation, processes and features of the product) are identified and used to define the design system.
