Title: Apply the design process, including prototyping or modeling.
Course: Technical Drawing and Design (21101-18) > Section: Introducing the Design Process

Application should include

- outlining the basic steps of progression in any design loop
- establishing a system of documentation for monitoring workflow
- identifying a design problem
- identifying criteria and constraints
- brainstorming to identify potential solutions
- identifying selecting a solution while considering tradeoffs and optimization
- creating a plan/outline for achieving the design
- developing sketches
- evaluating the initial design solution
- developing a prototype or model of a product or system
- re-evaluating solutions and refining the design, as needed.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to follow an iterative design process?
- Why is sketching of possible solutions done?
- Why is it important to repeat the steps of the design process?
- When is it necessary to refine the design?
- What are some products and designs that have been refined over the last five years?
- How can documentation of previous problems aid in the development of new technologies?