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DESIGN
PROCESS
SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
 SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
1. What MUST be stated in your design requirement?
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

2. What is the best ways to identify the design

requirement to your solution?

Design requirements
state the important
characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed.
One of the best ways to identify the design requirements
for your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a
similar, existing product, noting each of its key features.
 SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
Scenario: Imagine that your problem statement
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
relates to grocery store bags. You want to design a
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

better grocery store bag--one that uses less

expensive material than the paper and plastic bags
that already exist. Your design requirements are the
important characteristics that your bag must meet
to be successful. Based on your problem statement,
what certain requirements are the important
characteristics that you bag MUST meet to be
successful?
A successful bag would use less expensive
material than existing bags and function properly
as a grocery bag.
 SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
The bag needs to:
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

 Have handles so that shoppers

can carry multiple bags of
groceries.
 Hold up to five pounds of food
without breaking.
 Cost less than five cents to
make.
 Collapse so that it can be
stored in large quantities at
grocery stores.
 SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
How can you say that your design
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

requirements are effective?

Needed to solve your design problem.

Feasible.

Subject to change as you do more research and

design.
The design requirements for your project will differ from
those of anyone else, because yours will apply to your
specific problem statement and the product, system, or
experience that you are designing.
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

A. If you are designing a better B. If you are designing a website for

form of transportation for teachers to post homework
students to get to school, your assignments online, your design
design requirements might be requirements might be that the
that the transportation needs to website needs to:
be: 1. Allow teachers to
1. Free for students. upload documents.
2. Quick: Less than one
2. Provide a login for teachers.
hour round-trip.

3. Safe. 3. Be accessible from schools and

teachers' homes
For a software product or a website,
your problem is likely related to
completing a task on a computer in
theDesign
easiest and most efficient way
requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

possible.
A website for ordering flowers.
The problem statement:
People need an easy way to buy and
deliver flowers online, because they
want to see what they are buying, but
going to the florist is time-consuming.
A flower website needs to:
1. Sell flowers
2. Allow users to arrange for
delivery of the flowers
3. Be easy to use
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features
For designing an environment, your
problem is likely related to how to use
a space in a way that is successful to
its users.
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for

A school cafeteria. The problem

your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

statement is: Students need a better

place to eat their lunch, socialize, and
relax during the school day, because
the current cafeteria is overcrowded,
stressful, and noisy.
Pull the major need or needs of your
solution from your problem statement.
What are the major needs of the new
cafeteria design?
 Eat lunch
 Socialize
 Relax
Major Needs What is Essential to
from Step 1 Meet the Need
The cafeteria (Possible Design
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
is your
a place to: the concrete example
solution is to analyze Requirements)
of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features

An eating surface
Eat lunch
Somewhere to sit down

Group seating
Socialize Space for groups to
gather

Quiet space available

Relax
SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features
SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features
SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the design requirements for
your solution is to analyze the concrete example of a similar, existing product, noting each of its key features
Design requirements state the important characteristics that your
solution must meet to succeed. One of the best ways to identify the
design requirements for your solution Criteria are things the design
needs to do in order to be successful--its requirements.

Constraints are limitations on the design. These may be materials

available, the cost of the materials, the amount of time they have to
develop the solution, etc.n is to analyze the concrete example of a
similar, existing product, noting each of its key features.
ENGINEERING
DESIGN
PROCESS
TOPIC: Engineering Design Process (EDP)
GOAL: Design and build an EGG LANDER that
will protect delicate cargo (an egg) under
stressful landing and accident conditions.
ROLE: ENGINEER
SITUATION: As an engineer you are tasked to
apply your knowledge about engineering
design process by designing and constructing
an innovative EGG LANDER. This product will
serve as a protective structure to keep the
three raw eggs safe when it is dropped from a
three-story building.
STANDARDS: Egg Lander Design will be
evaluated based on the following criteria:
design, durability of egg launcher, materials
used, safeness of egg upon landing, hang
time, components of the report, and
presentation of results.
NAME OF THE PRODUCT:

I. DEFINE THE PROBLEM/NEED

II. SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS

A. CRITERIA:

B. CONTRAINST:

III. SOLUTION
IV. DEVELOP PROTOTYPE
V. TEST SOLUTION
VI. RESULTS
VII. REFERENCE