Design Methods

John Chris Jones

Part1: The Developing Design Process
-對於設計需求的回應

-Exist in an imagined future

-Responding the questions

Traditional Methods
-Craftsman : Trial and Error

-Design by drawing

-Lack of reasoning and efficiency

New Methods
-層級性

-System Complexity

-Design Team (Collaboration)

New Methods Reviewed
-Designer as Black boxes

-Splittable v.s. Unsplittable problems

-Circularity 分析變數之間的關係
Three Stage Process
1.Divergence : Unstable / Undefined

2.Transformation : Pattern-making / Indentify Variables

3.Convergence : Reduce options / Make Critical Decisions

Choosing Strategies
-Linear

-Cyclic

-Branching

-Adaptive

-Incremental
Part2: Design Methods in Actions
-Prefabricated Strategies

-Strategy Control

-Exploring Design Situations

-Searching for Ideas

-Exploring Problem Structures

-Evaluation
Systematic Research
-Relationships between Variables

-Predicting Values

-Identify Boundary Conditions

Value Analysis
-Find Alternatives

-Redesign
Systems Engineering
-Inputs and outputs

-Functions
Man Machine System Designing
-Function Allocation

-Comparison
Matchett’s Fundamental Design Method (F.D.M)
-Outline Strategies

-Thinking in Parellel Planes

-Thinking from several viewpoints

Data Logging and Data Reduction
-Idendify critical uncertainties

-Review Available Methods

Morphological Charts
-Functions

-Sub-solutions
Analysis of Interconnected Decision Areas
-Identify feasible options

-Criterion of choice
System Tranformation
-Identify Faults

-New system components

Innovation by Boundary Shifting
-Involve outside resources

-Transforming the problem

-Sub-solutions
Functional Innovation
-Creating new patterns

-Allocate new sub-functions

Ranking and Weighting
-Does the alternative satisfy the objective?

-Percentage and index numbers

Quirk’s Reliabiliry Index
-Classify Unreliability

-Calculate average values