scholarly journals The The Design and Development of a Magic-based Teaching Method in Facilitating Creative Design Thinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Tong Li ◽  
Larry E. McCalla
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Design Flexibility ◽  
Design Case ◽  
Design Challenges

This design case introduces a design and development process of using magic performance as a method to facilitate students’ creative design thinking in user-centered design. Magic performance is used not only as a creativity stimulus for facilitating design flexibility but also as a guiding tool for facilitating the design process. Specifically, three design iterations are presented along with design challenges, design solutions, and a discussion of student experiences. A goal of this design case is to inspire other designers to develop similar interventions based on unexplored but meaningful activities, such as magic performance.

scholarly journals Engaging Students in Curriculum Development Through Design Thinking: A Course Design Case

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-125
Author(s):  
Sarah Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Detailed Evaluation ◽  
Design Case ◽  
Student Input

This design case documents the motivations, decisions, and results of an experimental course that involved students in the curriculum development process through the use of design thinking methodology. Primary points of student input were determining assignment topics, developing learning objectives, and contributing to the design of grading assessment. The case also examines the student experience and provides a detailed evaluation of the process, including an assessment of the benefits of the approach and a dissection of the unforeseen obstacles in the design process. In this investigation into the intention and execution of the course, educators may find the inspiration and framework to adapt this approach for their own courses.

Involving people with dementia and their informal caregivers in the development process of assistive technology: Description and evaluation of a user-centered design (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris A.G.M. Geerts ◽  
Liselore J.A.E Snaphaan ◽  
Inge M.B. Bongers
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
User Centered

BACKGROUND Despite the potential value of assistive technology to support people with dementia (PWD) in everyday activities, use of these technologies is still limited. To ensure that assistive technologies better address the specific needs and daily context of PWD and their informal caregivers, it is particularly important to involve them in all different phases of assistive technology development. The literature rarely describes the involvement of PWD throughout the development process of assistive technologies, which makes it difficult to further reflect on and improve active involvement of PWD. OBJECTIVE This two-part study aimed to gather insights on the user-centered design (UCD) applied in the development process of the alpha prototype of the serious game PLAYTIME by describing the methods and procedures of the UCD as well as evaluating the UCD from the perspective of all involved stakeholders. METHODS The first three phases of the user-driven Living Lab of Innovate Dementia 2.0 were applied to directly involve PWD and their informal caregivers through qualitative research methods, including focus groups and a context-field study, in the development of the alpha prototype of PLAYTIME from exploration to design to testing. After the testing phase, a total number of 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted with PWD, their informal caregivers and the project members of PLAYTIME to evaluate the applied UCD from the perspective of all involved stakeholders. The interviews addressed five of the principles for successful UCD and the appropriateness of the different methods used in the focus groups and context-field study. RESULTS Results of the interviews focused, amongst others, on the level of involvement of PWD and their informal caregivers in the development process, the input provided by PWD and their informal caregivers, the value of early prototyping, continuous iterations of design solutions and in-context testing, the role of dementia care professionals in the multidisciplinary project team, and the appropriateness of open- and closed-ended questions for obtaining input from PWD and their informal caregivers. CONCLUSIONS The description and evaluation of the UCD applied in the development process of the alpha prototype of PLAYTIME resulted in several insights on the relevance of UCD for all involved stakeholders as well as how PWD can be involved in the subsequent phases of usable and meaningful assistive technology development.

User-centered design practices in scrum development process: A distinctive advantage?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Anwar ◽  
Yasir Hafeez Motla ◽  
Yasir Siddiq ◽  
Sohail Asghar ◽  
M. Shabbir Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
User Centered

Managing Risk by Reordering Tasks in Engineering Design

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Technical Problem ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Resource Usage ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Engineering Development ◽  
Managing Risk

Abstract This paper describes a model of how reordering tasks in the engineering design and development process affects resource usage in a risky environment. All development projects are risky; their outcome and level of success is unpredictable. Many projects are canceled at some time during the development process, or never produce a working product or produce a product that fails in the marketplace. Doing engineering development is expensive; it requires high-cost labor as well as other potentially expensive resources. To some extent the magnitude of the risk is estimable; it is possible to predict now much resources (time, labor or other costs) any particular development task will consume as well as some estimate of whether or not an insurmountable technical problem is likely to be discovered. Also, development tasks are not independent; there are constraints on their ordering due to needed technical knowledge. The model presented in this paper uses those estimates to suggest an ordering of the tasks in an attempt to minimize the expected resource consumption for those projects that run a risk of cancellation.

User Centered Approach to the Supra-Functional Needs of People Living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deana McDonagh ◽  
Kayla Arquines ◽  
Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler ◽  
Mahshid Mansouri ◽  
Girish Krishnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Empathic Understanding ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Lateral Sclerosis ◽  
User Centered

Abstract User-centered design relies upon the appreciation that assistive technology device solutions need to include the functional and supra-functional (e.g., emotional, social, cultural) needs of users. Developing solutions without basing decision-making on both quantitative (functional) and qualitative (supra-functional) needs can lead to imbalanced devices, services, and/or environments. Satisfying both functional and supra-functional needs is the foundation of user-centered design, which in itself relies upon empathic understanding of the person that one is aiming to serve. This paper presents a study of the lived experiences of people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, their caregivers, and members of the healthcare management team from a human-centered perspective in the pursuit of pain points, deeper understanding of the emotional needs, and revelation of opportunities for improving quality of life and human experience through more user-centered design. We focus on user-centered design-thinking research tools (e.g., mood boards, journey maps, personas) to (a) understand the authentic experience of the individual in their vernacular and their terminology, and (b) to support a data rich conversation that focuses upon both functional and supra-functional needs to highlight opportunities for design interventions).

scholarly journals Design and Development of Weatherproof Seals for Prefabricated Construction: A Methodological Approach

Buildings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristopher Orlowski ◽  
Kasun Shanaka ◽  
Priyan Mendis
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Modular Systems ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Flow Charts ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Careful Design

Satisfactory weatherproofing of buildings is vital to maximise their design life and performance which requires the careful design of external sealing technologies. Systems commonly available have served well in conventional construction however with many prefabricated systems emerging in the building industry new and novel means of weatherproofing between panels and modules need to be developed purpose specific to this application. This paper presents a holistic and fundamental methodological approach to Design and Development of waterproof seals and has been applied specific for prefabricated panelised and modular systems. Two purpose specific weatherproof seals are finally presented. Flow charts of the overview of the suggested methodological approach and the processes within which include DfMA that have been incorporated into understanding and developing seals for this practical application. These strategies have enabled a resourceful and holistic set of processes that can be adapted and used for similar forms of product research in new and developing areas of construction such as prefabrication. The design and development process is thoroughly investigated and has resulted in an exploration of the technical challenges and potential solutions which take into consideration factors from installation limitations to building tolerances.

Internet of Things system: Design and development process

2019 ◽  
pp. 607-613
Author(s):  
Preeti ◽  
Naresh Kumar ◽  
Manish Sharma ◽  
Vimmi Malhotra
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
System Design ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Design And Development

scholarly journals PRODUCT CIRCULARITY INDICATORS: WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS IN DESIGNING FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2129-2138
Author(s):  
M. Saidani ◽  
H. Kim ◽  
F. Cluzel ◽  
Y. Leroy ◽  
B. Yannou
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Industrial Product ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Do So

AbstractThis paper investigates and questions the relevance of product-centric circularity indicators in a product design context. To do so, reviews of eco-design tools and critical analyses of circularity indicators at the micro level of circular economy implementation are combined with a new workshop experimenting four of these indicators with the aim to improve the circularity performance of an industrial product. On this basis, the four tool-based circularity indicators tested are mapped on the engineering design and development process, and are positioned among the pool of main eco-design tools.

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