Dean's Axioms of Design

• Designing is defining
• You can design using requirements (constraints)
• You can design using targets (goals)
• You can design with a combination of requirements and targets
• You can't design just part of an enchilada
• You must design for cost, cycle time, and quality
• Design is just one of the life cycle functions (actionsupon)
• You must design for each life cycle function to follow
• You must simultaneously
  • Design the system
  • Design the system to bringforth, sustain, and retire the system

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