DESIGN CYCLE

From Ideas to Products:Looking Into The

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” --- Abraham Maslow

The 4 Stages

A. Inquiring & Analysing

• Is there a clear problem or need?

• What research information do you need to create the solution?• Have other solutions been tried before?• What solution do you

propose?

Sample Design Challenge:How can we improve the oldAISM campus map ?

“A problem well put is half solved.” --- John Dewey Points to consider:

A. Inquiring & Analysing

• What questions should you ask to guide you in gathering relevant information?

• Did you use a variety of sources to gather information?

• Did you cite your sources properly? (MLA format)

Research:

A. Inquiring & Analysing

Your Proposal: The Design Brief

• What are you making? (Brief description of the product or solution)• Who are you making it

for? (Target audience or intended users)• Why are you making it? (Purpose)

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” --- Steve Jobs

Check out a sampledesign idea for an interactive campus map.

B. Developing Ideas

• What characteristics do you want to see in the final product?

• What are the possible designs to explore?

• How do you present your final design?

• How will you plan to achieve your

chosen design?

Points to consider:

The Design Specification:

• What specific requirements do you want to see in your final product or solution?

• Which of those characteristics are essential and which are desirable?

• How will you use your design specification to evaluate your final

product?

B. Developing Ideas

Sample Design Idea for an Interactive Campus Map:

B. Developing Ideas

Check out a sample student-made final product for an interactive campus map.

“Innovation is creativity with a job to do.” --- John Emmerling

C. Creating the Solution

Points to consider:• What steps are you going

to follow to create the solution?

• What technical skills are required to create the solution?

• How may your design and plan possibly change? Why?

Sample work plan for aninteractive campus map project:

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” ― Benjamin Franklin

C. Creating the Solution

Sample student-made final product for an interactive campus map.

“You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.” --- Eldridge Cleaver

C. Creating the Solution

• How will you test your final product or solution?

• How do you know if your product or solution is successful?

• How can you improve the product or solution?

• What is the impact of your product or solution to

your intended users?

Check out a sample evaluation surveyused for an interactive campus map project.

“The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared he is.” --- Michael Jordan

D. Evaluating

Points to consider:

Sample evaluation survey used for an interactive campus map project:

“Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.“ --- Homer Simpson quote from Simpsons Episode: "Homer the Vigilante

D. Evaluating

Summary:

Sources:• IB Middle Years Programme: Design Guide. Cardiff: International Baccalaureate Organization, 2014. Print.

• Selected quotes from: http://www.brainyquote.com/ http://www.goodreads.com/ http://www.surveypolice.com/ • Some images are modified from copyright-free clipart: http

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• Selected student project samples from AISM Technology classes.