Chapter 5: Factors Influencing the Development of Products

Question 1

User Centred Design

Answer 1

Designing products that comprehensively accommodate the full range of needs, wants and values

Question 2

Purpose

Answer 2

The intent use of a product which is central to it’s meeting specification.

Question 3

Functionality

Answer 3

How the product will be used and how well it performs it’s task.

Question 4

Innovation

Answer 4

The creation of something that didn’t previously exist.

Question 5

Authenticity

Answer 5

The extent to which consumers needs have genuinely been addressed and values.

Question 6

Anthropometrics

Answer 6

Scientific measurements of how the human body applied to design and construction of products.

Question 7

Ergonomics

Answer 7

The study of how people interact with products and their working environment.

Question 8

BSI

Answer 8

British Standards Institute which includes data on height, weight, grip etc. of population

Question 9

Quantitive

Answer 9

Measurable approach predicts the physical fit of a product

Question 10

Qualitative

Answer 10

Opinion based approach that predicts user comfort and satisfaction.

Question 11

Aesthetics

Answer 11

The visual attraction of a product

Question 12

Form over Function

Answer 12

Prioritising aesthetics more than functional requirements e.g. Phillipe Starch

Question 13

Form follows Function

Answer 13

The aesthetics of a product are dictated by the way it works.