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/CEE 176G/276G | Summer 2024: Sustainability Design Thinking
CEE 176G/276G | Summer 2024: Sustainability Design Thinking
/Class Session 5 | Design Project 1: Prototyping
Class Session 5 | Design Project 1: Prototyping
Class Session 5 | Design Project 1: Prototyping

Class Session 5 | Design Project 1: Prototyping

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HOUSEKEEPING
  • Office hours this week
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WARM-UP EXERCISE
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Play: Game Design
Game Design

IDEA Starting with a blank slate, create a game using given game equipment. Soccer ball example. Games with a frisbee. PURPOSE To include sense of play in sustainability design thinking to elevate creativity & human-centered focus. SET-UP 1 Need one volunteer. Volunteer will be given game equipme...

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Game Design
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DESIGN THINKING PROCESS STEP 4: PROTOTYPING
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Prototyping Strategy

Keywords: Early adopter (Focus), Desirability (I want that, I need that), Impossibility (Innovation), Adoptability (Story), Memorability (Hook)

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Design, Form & Function
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“Fail Early, Fail Fast”
Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Exercise

Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Exercise ycisl Team. 12x Spaghetti. 1x Roll of Tape. 1x Marshmallow. Design-Build.

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Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Exercise
  • Will do this activity later in the course
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Minimum Viable Product (MVP) & MVP+ (”Pre-Prototyping”)
Minimum Viable ProductMinimum Viable Product
  • MVP+: A product that delivers on the promise functionally plus impresses human emotions.
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Features & Feature List (Prelude)
Water Bottle Feature List DCT Exercise

IDEA PRACTICE OF DIVERGENT-CONVERGENT THINKING IN PRODUCT FEATURE LIST DESIGN THINKING. PURPOSE TO EXPLORE OPTIONS, THEN SELECT DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS & CORE EMPHASIS FEATURES. DIVERGENT THINKING EXAMINE WATER BOTTLES. CAPTURE EVERYTHING YOU NOTICE ON POSTITS. CONVERGENT THINKING SELECT 10 SPECS F...

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Water Bottle Feature List DCT Exercise
  • We use divergent-convergent thinking
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Testing Candidates, Versioning & Branching
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Alpha-candidate (usually single feature).
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Beta-candidate (usually whole package).
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Uni-tasker vs Cross-functional vs Multi-functional vs Multi-tasker
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Requirements Design & Documentation
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Functional Requirements (FRD)
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Marketing Requirements (MRD) - mostly about Form.
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Human Requirements (HRD)
  • User Experience (UX)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)
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Bug Tracking
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Iteration: Prototyping-Testing Cycle
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
  • Draft the MVP. What are the minimum features?
  • Draft the MVP+. What is the feature set that will make an impression?
  • Make a paper prototype.
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
  • Make a prototype (physical model & sketches) for Testing next class.
  • Document the prototyping work in Notion Design Journal.
  • List the form & function features that you want tested.
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NEXT CLASS MEETING
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DESIGN THINKING PROCESS STEP 5: TESTING - Test Plan, Success Criteria, Pass/Fail, Constraints, Results.
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IN-CLASS EXERCISE
  • Design a test plan for your prototype
  • In groups, test & give/get feedback
  • Document results in Design Journal
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
  • Using your test results, iterate your prototype.
  • Conduct test of your iterated prototype.
  • Document MVP & MVP+ of your final prototype in Design Journal.