1. Design Notebook Professional Documentation

2. Design Notebook This PowerPoint covers the following: –Justifications –Do’s and Don’ts –Guidelines –Project Requirements

3. Justification Temptation to “blow off” the design notebook They provide relevant and usable documentation about your work The better the notebook the better the project down the road The more useful the notebook is to you the more likely it is to be a good design notebook

4. Justification The process serves as professional development Such notebooks are also used in patent disputes as evidence Design notebooks are evidence to your employer of the work you have done They can also improve communication with clients by offering a specific focal point

5. Design Notebook Don’ts Don’t just fill it with illegible scribbles and bulleted lists Don’t leave out important information Don’t just recount what you did without providing some future direction Don’t write it for right now

6. Design Notebook Do’s Do use the notebook for inventive brainstorming Do provide reliable documentation Do focus on relevant information Do create usable notations that allow for future action

7. Invention Collect your ideas about the client’s needs and constraints Interpret your experiences with the client in order to assess their situation and your communication Develop project ideas based on your reflections about client needs

8. Reliability Be consistent in format, dating and terminology Draw on credible sources and include references which allow for future retrieval Provide enough information to prove that you are doing good work Reference specifics about interactions with clients to support your interpretations

9. Relevance Write with an eye on how information fits in with the larger project and client’s needs Include conclusions and recommendations; don’t let the information speak for itself Reflect on how your work could contribute to the larger project

10. Usability Write the document for yourself, your group and your client in the future Be consistent in format, organization, dating and terminology Write legibly so that you and others can read the document later Focus on the action that your work should produce Compile notebook to aid in composing the project charter

11. Guidelines Use the notebook for inventive brainstorming Provide reliable documentation Focus on relevant information Create usable notations that allow for future action

12. Exercise Take 15 minutes to create a design notebook entry detailing how this presentation will impact your work this summer. Consider the Do’s and Don’ts and follow the guidelines of successful design notebooks.

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