Features include: jargon-free language with well-tried, real-world examples; useful tips for managers at the end of each chapter; CD-ROM with checklists - structured questions for the design manager to ask during each phase of the design process and work sheets, - for use during design reviews and as a permanent record of ongoing activity; a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book and on the CD-ROM. It is also highly informative for graduate and undergraduate engineering students and ideally suited for establishing a web-based design management system for geographically dispersed teams, based on the checklists and work sheets provided on the CD-ROM. Changes in the second edition: New case studies New active server pages for networked designing CD-ROM with electronic versions of all the management aids described in the text. Expanded text in each chapter (about 50 new pages worth) including a wholly new chapter on the analysis of the design process as a whole. Content Level » Professional/practitioner Keywords » Engineering design - design management - project management