You have been tasked with designing a product of your choice and You want to communicate the initial idea: Bachelor of Engineering in Design and Manufacture Assignment, UOL, Ireland

Scenario:

You have been tasked with designing a product of your choice. You want to communicate the initial idea to your management so that they can decide whether to progress the idea further or scrap the idea. Your job is to present the idea in a  professional and clear manner in report form. To do this you will use the tools developed in the design of the engineering systems module.  The primary objective of the assignment is to communicate your design idea clearly and to document how you arrived at your design.

The design may be :

1. The design of a new product or the enhancement of an existing product.
2. The design of a new process or the enhancement of an existing process.

The enhancement must incorporate new design features and functionality.

In my experience product design is easier than process design so if you are doing a process please run the idea by me to make sure it is appropriate.

Before launching into this task please read this document in full. Your initial design task may not suit the format of this report. For example, complex design projects such as designing a boat or car might be too complex. On the other end of the scale, designing a simple fixture where there is one very obvious design outcome might also be unsuitable. You are not being marked on the topic of the design, but on how you apply the tools you have learned to the design process.

At a minimum, your report should contain a demands list, a wish list, a questionnaire,  a design specification, an objective tree, a weighted decision matrix, a cost-benefit analysis, an FMEA, and a Gantt chart. This exercise is the first step in the design process and as such there are a lot of unknowns. You will have to make a lot of assumptions in order complete this report.

During the process, it is likely that you will identify unknowns and risks that could influence the success of the product. State these and discuss what work should be done to mitigate these risks.

Your report is being marked on report writing as well as technical content. Ie formatting errors, poor spelling, not explaining images, poor layout, etc may result in lost marks. If you use figures it is a good idea to save them in PowerPoint and annotate them prior to putting them into word. All text in figures should be clear and all figures tables and graphs should be introduced and where applicable explained in the text. Spell check your work. Use short concise sentences and avoid repetition.