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Cost
- Will the cost of the product reflect the high or low quality?
- Would the product be sold with a high or low markup?
- Will I use high quality or low quality materials?
- Would a high quality product result in a high cost product?
- Can a low quality product be produced at a low cost?
- How would manufacturing costs affect the selling price?
- Would I research similar products on the market that are more cost effective?
- How does this affect the price of a product?
- Would the product be made using mass-production or one off production?
- How would the scale of production affect the cost of the product?
- If I have a budget, would this mean that I could use more expensive higher quality materials to make a small scale prototype?
- Similarly, to make a full scale model, would I need to use cheaper and lower quality materials because more materials are needed?
- What pricing strategy will I use to determine the price of the product?
- How much profit would I approximately make?
- Will I need to research material prices to identify the cost per unit?
- How will I conduct market research?
- What sources of information would I use?
- How will I conduct market research?
- Would I use primary or secondary research to find out the cost?
Aesthetics
- How will I make sure the aesthetics of my product suits the target market?
- Should I design and manufacture my product to be bright and colourful?
- What colours would appeal to the user of the product?
- What sort of aesthetics would the customers demand for?
- How will the appearance of the product appeal to the user?
- What variety of inspirations would I use in order to develop my designs?
- How will this affect the aesthetics of the product?
- What futuristic design and unique shape will look attractive to the target user?
- How will the shape and design of the product affect the aesthetics?
- How will the choice of materials affect the aesthetics and appearance of my product?
- What textures and finishes will enhance the product's quality, look and appearance?
- What type of research would I need to perform in order to meet the aesthetical needs which my target user demands from my product ?
- Would all the research of these aesthetics be used in my product?
- If so, why?
- Where and how will I retrieve this information?
- Would all the research of these aesthetics be used in my product?
Function
- What will be the function of my product?
- Will my product perform multiple functions?
- How would these functions need to suit the target user's requirements?
- If my product is modular, would my design have various functions?
- Will my product perform multiple functions?
- Will I choose to have a primary or secondary functions in my product?
- If so, what will these functions be?
- How would secondary functions improve my product?
- Can my product be used in many places/environments?
- If yes, where would these locations be?
- Who will be the target market of my product?
- How would my product suit their demands?
- Would my product be suitable for both genders - male and female?
- Will age be a limitation in terms of functionalities of my product?
- How would I ensure that the product complies with the legal safety laws?
- Why would safety hazards and issues need to be considered?
- How would I make sure that the product is safe to use?
- How will research help me in terms of finding out what the functions of other similar products are ?
- Where will I collect this information?
- How will this be managed?
- How would this research help me improve and develop the functionality of my product?
- Where will I collect this information?
- What will be the function of my product?
Ergonomics
- Would my product be targeted at people?
- What part of the product would the target user use?
- How would the user interact with my product?
- What part of the product would the target user use?
- What measurements of size should I use?
- How will this contribute to the comfort of using my product?
- Would these measurements be used to manufacture my product?
- if yes, how would these data help me?
- If consumers were to self assemble the product at home, what instructions are needed?
- What market research will be carried out in order to obtain data about ergonomics?
- Would I need to collect anthropometric data?
- Where would I collect this information?
- If so, would this data be primary or secondary or both?
- Would using both give more thorough and better data?
- What will this data include?
- How will this data be used in my product?
- How would this research be used when designing and manufacturing my product?
- Would I need to collect anthropometric data?
- How will I make the product easier for the user to use?
- Would the shape of the product provoke safety issues for the user? (e.g. sharp edges)
- If my product is portable, would weight be an important consideration?
- Similarly, would the size of the product depend on the user?
- How does the product's comfort relate to the aesthetics?
- Would my product be targeted at people?
Quality
- How long will the product last depending on the quality?
- How would the quality affect the product?
- What materials will upgrade the quality of the product?
- How does the quality of materials affect the product quality?
- Will these materials be tested on prototypes?
- Would testing materials help improve the quality of my product and how?
- Would the cost of materials influence the quality?
- Can I get high quality materials at a cheaper price from certain suppliers?
- Could I buy more materials from the suppliers in order to get a better price?
- Can I get high quality materials at a cheaper price from certain suppliers?
- How will I use CAD to target quality and accuracy when designing the product?
- What surface finishes will enhance the quality of the product and appeal to the consumer?
- How would quality assurance be carried out?
- Would this definitley improve the quality of the product?
- Will templates/jigs be made in order to enhance the quality by making each product identical?
- When manufacturing my product, how will I perform quality control?
- If this was the case, how would it benefit my product, in terms of enhancing the quality?
- How would I ensure that quality is controlled at every stage of production?
- What research would I need to do in order to find out more about manufacturing processes?
- How will I get this research?
- How would research help me decide on what manufacturing processes to use?
- Will I need to use CAM when manufacturing to ensure product quality?
User
- Which target audience will my product be aimed at?
- What would be the age range of the target market?
- Would gender be a consideration when designing the product?
- Would my product be targeted at male or female, or both?
- What would be the interests of target users?
- How would this affect the product?
- Would I need to complete research in order to find out these interests?
- How would I conduct this?
- Would my product be used by people with disabilities?
- How will my product be modified in order to suit them?
- What environment will my product be used in?
- Would I need to modify my product to suit this?
- What purposes will my product serve for the consumer?
- How will safety be considered when manufacturing and designing the product?
- Would the age range of the user affect the safety measures applied to the product? (e.g. for users - children, consider small pieces)
- What kind of research would I need to conduct in order to find out more about what the target audience wants?
- How would this help me when designing and manufacturing the product to better meet their needs?
Environment
- What kind of materials will I use to manufacture my product?
- Will these materials be recyclable?
- How would I research this?
- What would this research involve?
- Would my product be easy to dispose of after use?
- What research will I need to conduct to find out about this?
- What are the effects of manufacturing the product upon the environment?
- Would using the product have any impact on the environment?
- How would research help me find these impacts, if any?
- Would using the product have any impact on the environment?
- Where will my product be used?
- How would I need to change the product to adapt to it's environment?
- What research would I need to carry out to find out about this?
- What research will I carry out?
- How will this be conducted?
- What would be the environmental issues of manufacturing and using my product?
- How would I research this information?
- Would my product be reusable and/or recyclable?
- What kind of materials will I use to manufacture my product?
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- Product Design Mind Map on Task Analysis, created by jadeliang2012 on 31/03/2014.
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