PLTW Engineering Design Process

PLTW Engineering Design Process 1.Criteria ANS Desired specifications (elements or features) of a product or system.

2.Constraints ANS A limit to the design process. These may be such things as appear- ance, funding, space, materials, and human capabilities.

3.Decision Matrix ANS A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.

4.Brainstorming ANS A method of shared problem solving in which all members of a group spontaneously, and in an unrestrained discussion, generate ideas. 1 / 2

5.Design ANS Plans by which resources are converted into products or systems that meet human needs and wants or solve problems.

6.Design Process ANS An iterative systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to a problem or to satisfy human needs and wants and winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one final choice.

7.Evaluate ANS To form an idea of the amount or value of; assess.

8.Prototype ANS A full-scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.

9.Testing