An Idea for Reversing Engineering Quality Decline 12//12/2006
One day recently someone asked me, "Do you agree that the quality of engineering design has fallen over the past years?" My answer was yes, the quality of some engineering design has in fact declined as the profession of engineering has given way to the business of engineering.
To find out what to do about it, we have to look at why it happened. I talked to some friends about the causes.