FAST creativity & innovation
Subtitle: rapidly improving processes, product development and solving complex problems
By: Charles W. Bytheway.
Publisher: J. Ross Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781932159660
Subjects: Production engineering -- Data processing.; Flow chart generators.; Value analysis (Cost control) -- Data processing.; New products.
Other titles: FAST creativity and innovation; Function analysis systems technique creativity and innovation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Sparked by function; title: Discovering functions; title: Why-how logic; title: Selecting a project; title: Participants; title: Intuitive logic; title: Project 1: lightbulb; title: Project 2: timing device; title: Project 3: love; title: Project 4: three-ton heat pump; title: Project 5: military communication device; title: Generalizing and undisclosing methods; title: Other applications of FAST; title: Summary of FAST procedure; title: Appendix A: Constructing FAST diagrams; title: Appendix B: Glossary of FAST terms and thought-provoking questions.