1st Edition

Specification Writing and Management

By Max Mcrobb Copyright 1989
    203 Pages
    by CRC Press

    240 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book deals with the fundamentals of specification writing and management. It is useful for anyone concerned with the preparation of standards in a world that is shrinking due to improvement in communication and where many specifications have to hold clarity when translated into other languages.

    1. A Brief Historical Review 2. Current Specification Types and Their Purpose 3. Basic Specification Problems 4. Specification Faults: Group 1—Words 5. Specification Faults: Group 2—Ideas 6. Specification Faults: Group 3—Presentation 7. Case Study 1: Customer Specification Problem 8. Case Study 1: Customer Specification Problems—A Solution 9. Case Study 2: Manufacturing Specification Problem 10. Case Study 2: Manufacturing Specification Problems—A Solution 11. Case Study 3: In-House Acceptance Specification Problems 12. Case Study 3: In-House Acceptance Specification Problems—A Solution 13. Case Study 4: Control Procedure for Procurement Specifications 14. Case Study 5: Control Procedure for Incoming Piece-Part Acceptance Specifications 15. Case Study 6: Pointing to Specification Management 16. The Concept of Specification Management 17. Introducing Specification Management 18. Case Study 7: A Recent Practical Exercise 19. Word Processors and Document Preparation 20. Conclusions

    Biography

    Mcrobb\, M.