Identifying Design Needs On this page you are

Identifying Design Needs On this page you are going to talk about the what you have learnt from the research section that will enable you to write your specification (the list of all the things your design needs to do). Purpose What is the primary purpose of your proposed product? Form What form will it take? Will it be one thing or many? Aesthetics How attractive does the product need to be? How important is this? Function For this page you are identifying the measurable points you will make on your formal specification. You will be looking at issues you find from research and then confirming them with your client. The points should go like this: How will the product function? Will it have any interactivity? User requirements What does the user need form the proposed product? How will they need to interact with it? What about weight or any other points? Performance requirements How will the product need to perform over time, durability etc? Materials and components What materials will it need to be made from? What component parts will it have? Size What size will the product need to be? Quality How good a quality will the product need to be? Does it need to be utilitarian? Does it need to be made of high quality materials? Safety How important is safety? Cost How important is cost? User Requirements From looking at my user study I can see that it is important that my product is lightweight. Client Feedback Yes, I agree weight is very important. I find it really difficult to clean already so if I am cleaning upstairs I will need to be able to transport a cleaning device upstairs.