Design vs. engineering question

[Alaskan Son]

"Even knowing what everyone else is doing would provide no usable information – is it just curiosity?"

Gerry,

No, its not curiosity. Its more that I would like to adopt the industry standard (to the extent that I feel I can). I have however discovered that there is no industry standard. I think I will adopt the practice of doing as little "engineering" as possible. I'll provided the intent, and they can provide the rest.