The Engineering Design Process

Elements of Design: The Process
-Problem Identification
-Research Phase
-Requirements Specification
-Concept Generation
-Design Phase

What is the Problem?
-Collect info
-Interpret information
-Organize needs hierarchy
-Determine relative importance of needs
-Review outcomes and process

Concept Generation and Evaluation
Explore many solutions:
-Brainstorm
Select the best solution
-Based on needs and constraints
Creativity
-Development of new ideas
Innovation
-Bringing creative ideas to reality

Concept Generation
-Substitute
-Combine
-Adapt
-Modify
-Put to other use
-Eliminate
-Rearrange or reverse

Design Group (Team)
-Engineering projects require diverse skills
-This creates a need for group (team) work
-Select members based on skills
1. Technical
2. Problem-solving
3. Interpersonal

-Develop Decision making Guidelines
1. Decision by authority (leader)
2. Expert Member
3. Average member opinion
4. Majority
5. Consensus

Project Management
Define for each activity
1. Work to be done
2. Timeframe
3. Resouces Needed
4. Responsible Person(s)
5. Previous Dependent activities
6. Checkpoints/deliverables for monitoring progress

Notes:
MAX height 50cm

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