Design solution – Design Determination

About our Design Determination

To determine the best solution out of a cluster of different design approaches, our team created a determination matrix which applied a grading rubric with a criteria that was based on the design/user requirements our team set for this device. Each approach would be processed through the matrix and would be administered a grade based on how that approach performed within each criterion

Design Criteria

The following are the criteria used in our determination process 

  1. Usability: Usability is a measure of how well a specific user in a specific context can use a product/design to achieve a defined goal effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily. 
  2. Aesthetic: Aesthetic is concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty, in this case how the device looks, and is it pleasing to the eye.
  3. Accuracy and Precision: Accuracy is closeness of the measurements to a specific value, while precision is the closeness of the measurements to each other
  4. Cost of Device: Cost is an amount that must be paid or spent to buy or obtain something, in this case what it takes to manufacture.
  5. Comparable to Current: Comparable is of equivalent quality, worthy of comparison. In this case is the LX force sensor comparable to current weightlifting belts. 
  6. Complexity of Design: This idea relates to how hard it will be to design the device given the constraints faced. Such as time, experience, budget, manpower.

Design Rubric

The following are the grades that could be administered post rubric evaluation

  1. Poor: For the Given functionality, the design option completely or almost fails at every aspect necessary
  2. Mediocre: For the Given functionality, the design option is inferior to other options available
  3. Adequate: For the Given functionality, the design option can complete the bare minimum to be viewed as an acceptable choice
  4. Fine: For the Given functionality, the design option does a satisfactory job at meeting the necessary aspects for the function
  5. Superb: For the Given functionality, the design option completely or almost meets every aspect needed for that functionality

Decided Design choice

After running our design approaches through our determination matrix, it was clear cut that our approach to create a LX force sensory socket module with belt easily prevailed as the best option in most aspects of functionality.