Assignment 64

Dr. Salah Elaskari

Adopted from Strategies for creative problem solving

Design Concept Ideas

Problem Solving

• Criteria = originality & quality of solutions to problem situations –

• good problem solving involves creating solutions that are:

• - Logical

• - Effective

• - Unique

The Five Building Blocks of the Heuristic

Define the problem

Generate solutions

Decide Course of action

Implement solution

Evaluate solution Problem Solved

Steps of generating solutions

3 Design Concept ideas for your chosen design challenge

Compare and evaluate the 3 design ideas

Decide which of your ideas is the best using systemic method

Duncker Diagram

Achieve Desired

State

Path 1

Solution 1

Solution 2

Solution 3

Path 2 Path 3

Possible Paths to Desired State

Solutions to Implement

Paths to Desired State

Metal Block

• Common Causes: • Defining the problem too

narrowly. • It’s harder to come up

with solutions

Metal Block

• Assuming there is only one right answer. • Hooked on the first

solution

Metal Block

• Getting frustrated by lack of success

Metal Block

• Being too anxious to finish

Improving Your Creative Abilities

• Keep track of your ideas at all times.

• Many times ideas come at unexpected times. If an idea is not written down within 24 hours, it will usually be forgotten.

Improving Your Creative Abilities

• Pose new questions to yourself every day.

Improving Your Creative Abilities

• Be open and receptive to ideas (yours and others).

Improving Your Creative Abilities

• Adopt a risk-taking attitude.

Osborn’s checklist for adding new ideas

Vertical Thinking – (S.C.A.M.P.E.R) • Substitute

• Combine

• Adapt

• Modify (Magnify, Minify)

• Put to other uses

• Eliminate

• Rearrange

Osborn’s Checklist for Adding New Ideas

•Substitute? ..... Other ingredient, material, or approach?

•Combine? ...... Combine parts, units, ideas? Blend?

•Adapt? .......... How can this (product, idea, plan, etc.) be used as is? What are other uses it could be adapted to?

•Modify? ........ Change material, color, shape, odor, etc.?

•Magnify? ...... Add new component? Make longer, stronger, thicker, higher, etc.?

•Minify? ........ Split up? Take something out? Make lighter, lower, shorter, etc.?

Osborn’s Checklist for Adding New Ideas

•Put to other uses? ..... How can you put the thing to other uses? New Other uses if it is modified?

•Eliminate? ..... What can you eliminate? Remove something? Eliminate waste? Reduce time? Reduce effort? Cut costs?

•Rearrange? ..... Interchange parts? Other patterns, layouts? Reverse roles? Turn it backwards or upside down? Sort?