The prototype for X framework: exploring the effects of a structured prototyping framework on functional prototypes

Menold, Jessica; Simpson, Timothy W.; Jablokow, Kathryn

doi:10.1007/s00163-018-0289-4

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“…Many of these strategies have been tested with student designers and are helpful in guiding them through prototyping practices, while also teaching fundamental principles about the importance of prototypes. While these methods and strategies are useful for designers and are grounded in best practices and empirical studies, research from Menold et al (2018) demonstrates that students lacked a fundamental awareness of their own prototyping behaviors, even when prototyping strategies or methods were introduced through educational modules. In other words, this study found that while these methods and strategies were beneficial and lead to improved design outcomes, students may not be aware of these methods, and may be less likely to implement these methods independently during authentic design challenges (Menold et al, 2018).…”

Section: The Need For the Prototyping Canvasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While these methods and strategies are useful for designers and are grounded in best practices and empirical studies, research from Menold et al (2018) demonstrates that students lacked a fundamental awareness of their own prototyping behaviors, even when prototyping strategies or methods were introduced through educational modules. In other words, this study found that while these methods and strategies were beneficial and lead to improved design outcomes, students may not be aware of these methods, and may be less likely to implement these methods independently during authentic design challenges (Menold et al, 2018). While previous research has been incredibly valuable and has empirically validated the utility and effectiveness of prototyping methods and strategies, to date, researchers have not explored how communication of these methodologies affects their adoption.…”

Section: The Need For the Prototyping Canvasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many strategies aim to minimize the resources used to maximize the desired outcome. This was based on the following literature: Menold et al, 2017;Menold et al, 2018;Camburn et al, 2015;Camburn et al, 2017a;Christie et al, 2012;Hamon, 2017;Moe et al, 2004;Dunlap et al, 2014). On the canvas, this motivates the creation of three categories: "Building Plan", "Testing Plan", and "Insights."…”

Section: Synthesizing Prototyping Literature Into Prototyping Canvas V1mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prototyping Canvas: Design Tool for Planning Purposeful Prototypes

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Wood³

2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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While prototypes are critical to the creation of successful products and innovative solutions, building a prototype is characterized by large sunk costs and a plethora of unknowns. The versatility and effectiveness of prototypes paired with the ambiguous nature of developing a prototype can lead to wasted resources. Recent studies support this claim, demonstrating that under certain circumstances, designers often prototype without a clear purpose, building prototypes as a function of the design process rather than as a function of the design. These findings motivated the creation of the Prototyping Canvas, a tool to aid designers in planning for purposeful prototypes by identifying critical assumptions and questions to guide development. Business and engineering design literature influenced the development of the canvas, which was first tested with a client project in the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC). The feedback and insights from the design team guided revisions to the canvas. The updated canvas was then validated with 55 professionals during a design project sprint. The purpose of this paper is to present the Prototyping Canvas as a valid and effective design tool.

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Section: The Need For the Prototyping Canvasmentioning

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Section: The Need For the Prototyping Canvasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Synthesizing Prototyping Literature Into Prototyping Canvas V1mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prototyping Canvas: Design Tool for Planning Purposeful Prototypes

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2019

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“…The use of different approaches reflects (and is reflected in) the types of insights gained, but also may facilitate triangulation of findings. The papers included in this Special Issue use a range of research approaches, including study of design teams in representative situations (Martinec et al 2019;Gralla et al 2019), study of projects in a university context (Menold et al 2019;Li et al 2019), computer simulation of design and development processes (Zhang and Thomson 2019), industry workforce surveys (De Lessio et al 2019), industry interviews and document analysis (Tahera et al 2019) and retrospective analysis of project data (Piccolo et al 2019).…”

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Research into the design and development process: some themes and an overview of the special issue

2019

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“…Testing is also required in production processes as an integral part of quality assurance, although discussion of this is beyond the scope of the present article. Another activity closely related to testing is prototyping (Menold et al 2018). A prototype, defined as a "preproduction representation of some aspect of a concept or final design" (Camburn et al 2017), is required for many testing situations although prototyping can also have other purposes, such as to support design communication.…”

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Testing in the incremental design and development of complex products

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Testing is an important aspect of design and development which consumes significant time and resource in many companies. However, it has received less research attention than many other activities in product development, and especially, very few publications report empirical studies of engineering testing. Such studies are needed to establish the importance of testing and inform the development of pragmatic support methods. This paper combines insights from literature study with findings from three empirical studies of testing. The case studies concern incrementally developed complex products in the automotive domain. A description of testing practice as observed in these studies is provided, confirming that testing activities are used for multiple purposes depending on the context, and are intertwined with design from start to finish of the development process, not done after it as many models depict. Descriptive process models are developed to indicate some of the key insights, and opportunities for further research are suggested.

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The prototype for X framework: exploring the effects of a structured prototyping framework on functional prototypes

Cited by 22 publications

References 38 publications

Prototyping Canvas: Design Tool for Planning Purposeful Prototypes

Prototyping Canvas: Design Tool for Planning Purposeful Prototypes

Research into the design and development process: some themes and an overview of the special issue

Testing in the incremental design and development of complex products

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