Research on the Influence of Team Members with Different Creativity Levels and Academic Background on the Collaborative Design Process

Abstract

AbstractThis study will use quantitative research methods to explore the impact of the creativity and professional background of collaborative design team members on the design process development. Two experiments were carried out. First, First, subjects with different academic backgrounds were selected to participate in the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). According to the test results, the subjects were divided into high, medium and low levels of creativity. Secondly, select 2 subjects at each level and set up a 6 members team to carry out a design task. Then we collect the semantic information in the experimental activities, and encode the data in time series, by structurally representing the data and information in the form of linkography, and analyze the link situation of each node and bring the node link data into the T-code parse algorithm, calculate the complexity, information (information content) and entropy data of every node. Finally, the team members’ performance in the design process is evaluated from multiple dimensions according to the fluctuations and changes of experimental data.The results showed that the level of creativity was positively related to the role of team members in collaborative design activities. In addition, teams with the same background are better than groups with different backgrounds in terms of fluency in the design process, conceptual evolution, and design direction and goals. However, from the development trend of the whole design stage, the team with different backgrounds has great development potential, and its design fluency tends to improve gradually, which is better than those with the same background in design divergence, novelty of design concept and design information implication.This research provides a visual reference for the study of complex design activities, improves the efficiency of design cognitive computing research, and lays a foundation for future design research.KeywordsDesign cognitionDesign processSemantic linkCreativityCollaborative design team