goal-oriented engineering
noun phraseUK /ɡəʊl ˈɔːriəntɪd ˌendʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/
US /ɡoʊl ˈɔriəntɪd ˌendʒɪˈnɪrɪŋ/
A way of building things where you first decide what you want to happen and then make it.
The team used goal-oriented engineering to design a robot that could clean the floor.
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2. An engineering approach that starts with clear success criteria and works backward to find solutions.
Goal-oriented engineering helped them choose the cheapest materials that still met the safety target.
3. A style of teamwork where every task is tied to a specific, measurable aim.
With goal-oriented engineering, each engineer knew exactly which test their part had to pass.
4. The practice of designing products around user needs rather than around available tools.
Goal-oriented engineering led them to build a simple app instead of a complicated machine.