Specification Writing and Management

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Mcrobb\, M.

Product details

• Authors: M. Mcrobb, Max Mcrobb
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2020
• EAN: 9780367451004
• ISBN: 978-0-367-45100-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Series: Quality and Reliability
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Product Design, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Operations Research, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology, Project management, Writing and editing guides, Production & quality control management, Technical Writing, Production and quality control management