"Dwie Podstawy Projektowania (Dual-Basis Design)"

Polish translation of Warfield’s article “Dual Basis Design.” Introduces the concept of “due process” in design that provides a basis for identifying and monitoring responsible management practices. This would result in a lower rate of catastrophic design failures and eliminate much of the waste which often occurs with large system design. Proposes establishment of basic design science, with standards and practices for large-scale system designs, with the view that over time such standards and practices could become well-defined and legally enforceable. The English version of this paper was written in 1987, prepared as a talk before the ASME conference in Boston. See also, “Dual-Basis Design (Transparencies)”

This article is in the Polish Language. It is in IASIS File No. 92/007. It is a Polish translation of John's paper titled `Dual-Basis Design', which is in Box 35 Folder 25 and also in IASIS File No. 87/004. Warfield wrote the article in 1987, in English. The word Podstawy might be spelled Podstway instead. I don't have the paper here so can't check it. In the GMU electronic finding aid it is spelled Podstway, but my database title spells it Podstawy. SEE ALSO the two records in Textual materials table titled: 1) "Dual-Basis Design" 2) "Dual-Basis Design (Transparencies)" ANNOTATION (WRITTEN BY ROSE WARFIELD) Introducing the concept of `due process' in design, providing a basis for identifying and monitoring responsible management practices, with the eventual outcomes of a lower rate of catastrophic design failures, and the elimination of much of the waste that characteristically occurs with large system design. The author proposes establishment of a basic design science, with standards and practices for large-scale system designs, with the view that over time such standards and practices could become well-defined and legally enforceable. The English version of this paper was written in 1987, prepared as a talk before the ASME conference in Boston. (International Congress on Planning and Design Theory, Boston, 17-20 August 1987, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.) I think this was the conference where Warfield got sick and left the conference after one day, and did not actually give the paper. It was not printed in the ASME proceedings. Warfield made minor revisions and in 1988 submitted it to Wojciech Gasparski, editor of the Polish journal. The paper was translated into Polish, and published in Warsaw in 1992.




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  • Category: Design Theory and Methodology, Generic Design
  • Type: Article
  • Description: Handwritten notes, and 1 typed page
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