1. Applying the Human-Centered Design Process
Invention Bootcamp
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Portland State University

2. Motivation We are building the skills of inventors
Focusing on the needs of users will help create inventions that have positive impact
The human-centered design process provides guidance on how to incorporate the needs of users early, and throughout the design process

3. Human centered design is often represented as a sequence of steps.

4. Human centered design is often represented as a sequence of steps.
We’re here

5. Human centered design is often represented as a sequence of steps.
And heading
toward here

6. During Ideation an Prototype steps, we will be reducing the number of possible design solutions

7. During Ideation an Prototype steps, we will be reducing the number of possible design solutions
The quality of ideas in this early stage has a big impact on the quality of the final solution

8. Apply the desirability-feasibility-viability criteria to help us narrow our choices

9. Apply the desirability-feasibility-viability criteria to help us narrow our choices
“Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.” —Tim Brown
Notice that the role of technology is limited to feasibility, namely, “Can it be made”?

10. Our design process has cycles of divergent and convergent thinking

11. Our design process has cycles of divergent and convergent thinking
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