Abstract
The application of work strategies taking into account, from the initial stages, all the factors involved in the product design process is considered essential by the researches to generate higher quality products, assess users’ needs and anticipate design problems. This paper presents two approaches of design project development, denominated respectively: projects with imposed specifications and projects with derived specifications and proposes the use of the matrix that integrates specifications and design factors (SFM). This design support tool complements others already used in the development of product concepts by higher education students, increasing the capacity of synthesis and structuring of information in order to facilitate decision-making into the design process. Its elaboration implies understanding of objectives, identifying of factors and establishing of specifications. At the same time, it aims to foster the reflection process and an integrated information analysis. The application of SFM and its contribution to different project approaches are shown in this paper.
Highlights
A large number of tasks and activities, arranged in a logical order, are involved in the design process of a product, in order to get the best result with minimal effort [1] [2]
This paper focuses at the early stages of the product design, because it is into them where values of differentiation and quality are being established
Two main approaches of design project development are proposed in this work, denominated respectively: projects with imposed specifications, if they are established a priori, or projects with derived specifications, if specifications are obtained from factors analysis and the generated concepts
Summary
A large number of tasks and activities, arranged in a logical order, are involved in the design process of a product, in order to get the best result with minimal effort [1] [2]. In order to achieve competitive and high quality products Barba [4] and Patrick [5] suggest that it is necessary to apply working methods that analyse, from the early stages, all the factors involved in this process. As Maldonado [6] proposes, the design of an object is the result of the integration of various types of factors: functional, cultural, technological or economical. Recent works being carried out in engineering design show how the number of factors that are under investigation is increasing [7] [8]
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