Design thinking

Question 1

Design Vocabulary
- Functional Requirement:
- Design Parameters:
- Constraints:

Answer 1

• Functional Requirement:
  what the device has to do
• Design Parameters: what you can vary to meet the requirements
• Constraints: restrictions on the solutions

Question 2

Design (Stages)

Answer 2

1. configuration
2. ‘detail design’

Question 3

Chandrasekaran’s 3 Classes of Conceptual Design

Class 1 Design:
Class 2 Design:
Class 3 Design:

Answer 3

Class 1 Design: Requirements ill-defined

Class 2 Design: Basic structure of artifact is known, but some major components are novel

Class 3 Design: There are well-defined procedures for the problem criteria

Question 4

Stages of Double-Diamond Model of Design

Answer 4

1. prepare
2. discover
3. define
4. ideate
5. validate
6. implement
7. deliver

Question 5

What is Norman’s HCD process

Answer 5

1. observation
2. idea generation
3. prototyping
4. testing

Question 6

Tuckman’s Stages of Groups

Answer 6

1. form
2. storm
3. norm
4. perform

Question 7

Generally speaking, if I want the universe to be in state X, I should call a(n)

Answer 7

Engineer

Question 8

Edison’s critiqued Tuckman’s model stating

Answer 8

The model suggested that all teams end up performing.

Question 9

Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce” discusses what theme?

Answer 9

A one design fits all approach is not always the best solution.

Question 10

Suh’s design theory says

Answer 10

1. break it down into the smaller parts
2. minimize the amount of information

Question 11

The ‘objective function’ is

Answer 11

a means to maximize (or minimize) something