Begriffe

Question 1

Design

Answer 1

Descripition of an artefact to be made

Question 2

Artefact

Answer 2

Object made by a human being

Question 3

Design problem

Answer 3

Design task with more or less specified design goal

Question 4

Solution/ good design

Answer 4

design reaching its design goal

Question 5

What are the key challenges of designing

Answer 5

1) Understanding the problem
2) Asking the right questions
3) Providing answers
4) Finding the solution

Question 6

What are the key challenges in product development

Answer 6

1) Market- related challenges
2) Design- related challenges
3) Designer- related challenges

Question 7

VUCA

Answer 7

Volatile
Uncertainity
Complexity
Ambiguity

Question 8

Method
vs.
Model

Answer 8

Describes how to do something by action items, consists of specific rules

Describes what to do by results, more result oriented

Question 9

Property, attribute or characteristic

Answer 9

• description element for a product
  —> for a property variable (green, blue,…)
  —> for a property that is realized (its color is green)

Question 10

Value

Answer 10

instantiation of a property

Question 11

Requirement

Answer 11

A condition that consists of a property and a relation with a target value.
Can be evaluated as true/ false

Question 12

Desgin variable

Answer 12

Attribute/ property whose value can be adjusted by the designer in order to reach a design goal

Question 13

Design parameter

Answer 13

A frozen design variable

Question 14

Quantity of interest

Answer 14

attribute that measures the performance of the design (the dependent variable)

Question 15

Generic Development Process

Answer 15

1) Planning
2) Concept Development
3) System-level Design
4) Detail Design
5) Testing and Refinement
6) Production Ramp-Up

Question 16

Design goal

Answer 16

set of top-level requirements. Often related to system attributes

Question 17

Good requirements must be

Answer 17

Clear
Solution-neutral
Verifiable
Consistent
Complete

Question 18

Good requirements should be

Answer 18

Positively formulated
Quantifiable
Ambitious, but attainable

Question 19

5 rules for ADGs

Answer 19

what can be meassured first is in the lower level
Elements can only be attributes
Properties(values) or requirements are not part of the graph
no circular dependencies
direct vs indirect dependence

Question 20

House of Quality

Answer 20

Elements and their relations are systematically documented and visualized

Question 21

What is a solution-neutral requirement

Answer 21

Is formulated according to the what-not-how principle:

one should focus on what goals they want to accomplish and not how thez want to accomplish

Question 22

INUS condition

Answer 22

Insuficient but necessary part of an unnecesary but suficient condition

Question 23

Organization forms

Answer 23

1) Component-oriented
2) Project/product-oriented
3) Customer-Function-oriented
4) Matrix- organization

Question 24

Complete Solution Space

Answer 24

Set of all good designs

Question 25

Building Models

Answer 25

1) Function 2) Working Principle —> how it is performed 3) Component detail attributes

Question 26

How to come to solutions by abstractions

Answer 26

1) Concrete problem 2) Abstract problem 3) Several abstract solutions 4) Solution idea

Question 27

Function

Answer 27

states the action of a system upon an element, expressed as an input-output relationship

Question 28

Types of function models

Answer 28

Verbal description Verbal and graphical description Graphical description

Question 29

Function models summary

Answer 29

Represent products on a particular level of abstraction Provide structure for design task Supports common understanding

Question 30

Clustering summary

Answer 30

separate a system into clusters depending on their connectivities and mixed interfaces —> organize complex systems

Question 31

sequencing connection types

Answer 31

serial parallel coupled

Question 32

What is a Pareto-optimal design

Answer 32

A design where no pareto improvement is possible. Pareto improvement: an improvement of an attribute without making another one worse

Question 33

3 modern design methods philosophies

Answer 33

1) design thinking —> creative strategies designers use during the process of identifying problems designing solutions 2) lean (smart development) —> improve virtually everything by deleting anything that does not bring value to the customer 3) agile —> iterative approach: time-focusing way of achieving continuous value delivery aimed at executing tasks faster, adapting to changes easier

Question 34

TRIZ keywords

Answer 34

39 engineering parameters | 40 inventive parameters