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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Engineering Design GE121 The Design Process (continued – Part IV) Lecture 4C
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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Getting Started: Managing the Design Process There is an analogous map of managing design to the process maps used for design itself. The steps are: Project definition Determining what the client has in mind for the project Project framework Determining the specific tasks to be done, and organizing a team Project scheduling Assigning tasks and reaching agreement on when they must be accomplished. Project tracking, evaluation and control Monitoring the project to insure that deadlines are met, tasks accomplished, and resources used appropriately.
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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Managing the Design Process Fig 2.5 p32
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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Organizing Design Teams Design is generally done in teams Stages of Group Formation Forming stage Getting acquainted and oriented Some testing behavior Storming stage Resistance to task demands Interpersonal conflict likely Struggle for group leadership
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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Organizing Design Teams (cont’d) Norming stage Emergence of informal leadership Consensus on group behaviors and norms Consensus on group’s purpose Performing stage Clearly understood tasks and roles Productive work to accomplish team goals Adjourning stage Tasks have been accomplished Group is disbanding Feeling of loss or regret
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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Organizing Design Teams (cont’d) Team Dynamics and Brainstorming It is important to develop respect for the ideas and talents early in the process One formal technique for generating ideas (and getting to know one another in a fun and respectful environment) is brainstorming.
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GE 121 – Engineering Design - 2009 Organizing Design Teams (cont’d) Constructive Conflict Conflict is inevitable in team settings Effective teams work to use the conflict appropriately to generate ideas and understanding and to improve solutions There are five basic strategies to deal with conflict: Avoidance Smoothing Forcing Compromise Constructive engagement - this is the only one that consistently gets to “win-win” results
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