Lecture 1 & 2

Question 1

What are the three I’s of the design cycle?

Answer 1

Identify
Invent
Implement

Question 2

What are the 4 phases of design?

Answer 2

1) define the problem
2) Formulate solutions
3) Develop model and prototype
4) Presentation, implementation and reiteration

Question 3

What are the 3 components of a need statement?

Answer 3

1) Problem
2) Population
3) outcome
“a way to address (problem) in (population) that (outcome)”

Question 4

What are functions?

Answer 4

The functions a design MUST fulfill to be a viable solution, defines design space

Question 5

What are Objectives?

Answer 5

What the design SHOULD be, “measures of effectiveness” (low cost, positive environmental impact etc)

Question 6

What is a how-why tree?

Answer 6

A flow chart with ways to achieve a goal branching off of the goal. ie easy to set up being the goal and requiring few people, being lightweight etc as the ways to achieve

Question 7

What are constraints?

Answer 7

The constraints that a solution must fall into, max budget, max size, laws, safety etc