Title: Evaluate the criteria and constraints of each potential solution to the design problem.
Course: Engineering Explorations I-(21005-36) > Section: Examining the Engineering Design Process

Evaluation should include criteria and constraints including, but not limited to,

- environmental effects
- societal effects
- sustainability
- cost and budget
- time requirements and limitations
- resources needed, including availability or non-availability
- systematically evaluated trade-offs (e.g., use of a decision matrix)
- safety.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why should one analyze the criteria and constraints of the various solutions?
- What might be the consequences of not analyzing the criteria and constraints?
- Why is time often limited?
- Why is sustainability an important issue?
- What is a decision matrix?