Design strategies
User-centered design is one kind of design strategy available
It is important for a designer to use a variety of A series of steps used to plan a design process. to be able to generate the most An innovative person creates new ideas or methods of doing something. An innovative product introduces new ideas or methods. and functional solution to a design problem. This will help to gather information and feedback from others to ensure the best design to fit the brief is created. Different projects might benefit from different kinds of design strategy.
Collaboration
Working with others is an excellent way of gaining feedback for designs. Many companies use groups of designers with different tastes, ideas and specialities to allow a diverse range of opinions to be acted on.
User-centred design
When the end user is consulted throughout the design process. is a different style of designing from iterative design, as it bases the design of a product around the needs of the The group of people a product is made for. rather than the continual development of Repeating the steps in the design process to get closer to the desired result.. The user is questioned and consulted throughout development, and evidence is gathered through questionnaires, interviews, testing and observations, and the results are used to improve the product.
Systems approach to designing
Designing certain products, eg electrical products, may require a different technique known as a The use of block diagrams to clearly show different inputs, processes and outputs to and from a system.. This logical approach is particularly useful in electronics where there is an The series of events that makes a system., as each stage has to perform a specific function before moving on to the next step.
A diagram of a system represented by blocks connected by lines. can be written, usually in boxes, with the headings input, process, and output. When planning how a circuit will function, these headings are then used to plan what the input, process and output could be.
In the case of designing an electric piano keyboard, the input is pressing the key, the process is generating the correct music note and the output is sound through the speaker. Systems approach should not be confused with A diagram of an electronic circuit layout using graphical symbols to represent each component., which show how an electronic A number of parts working together to fulfil a complete function. should be connected together.
A systems approach Also known as a flow diagram. A diagram that shows the step-by-step flow of an algorithm. relates specifically to the design of a process. They can be used for programming a circuit so that a programmable chip can process an input and then turn on an output. Different shapes in a flowchart represent different types of operation, and these shapes have the same meaning worldwide.
A set of procedures intended to ensure that a manufactured product meets the specified requirements of the client or customer. decisions can also be added during the design process to ensure that problems are picked up and fixed within the system, eg a decision stage checking the Sizes and measurements. of a part that has been manufactured.
