fall 20151 last homework assignment −complete the fsd. due today. put on website and email a copy...
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Fall 2015 1
• Last Homework assignment
−Complete the FSD. Due Today. Put on website and email a copy to me.
−Work on the Concept Generation portion of the CG&S Document for your Project.
−Email me with ~5 concept fragments for your actual project. We will discuss these in class on Tuesday.
−Read Chapter 7, Concept Selection in Ulrich and Eppinger
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Team Pythagoreans: 01/27/09 Jonathon Taylor Daniel Richins Jim Meaders Ryan West
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Lecture 7 Concept Selection
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Decision Making 101
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Phase 1
ConceptDevelopment
Phase 2 Phase 5Phase 4Phase 3
System-LevelDesign
DetailDesign
Testing andRefinement
ProductionRamp-up
Concept Development Phase
MissionStatement
DevelopmentPlan
Concept DevelopmentExhibit 2 Chapter 3 Ulrich & Eppinger
IdentifyCustomer
Needs
EstablishTargetSpecs
GenerateProduct
Concepts
Select aProductConcept
Test ProductConcept
SetFinalSpecs
Plan DownstreamDevelopment
Perform Economic AnalysisBenchmark Competitive Products
Build and Test Models and Prototypes
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Concept generation
Concept screening
Concept scoring
Concept testing
Iterative Process of Screening and Scoring
Expand our thinking
Filter and decide
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• Every team uses some method of decision
making. Common methods include:−External decision; let someone else decide,
customer, client, etc.−Product Champion; an influential team member
chooses the concept.−Intuition; subjective criteria are used to decide. It
just feels better.−Multi-voting; team members vote for their favorite.−Pros and Cons; team list strengths and
weaknesses and choose based on opinions.−Prototype and test; team builds several units and
decision is based on results.−Decision matrices; team rates each concept
against defined selection criteria.
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• Benefits of using decision matrices−A customer focused approach; concepts
are evaluated against customer-oriented criteria.
−More competitive designs; concepts are benchmarked against best-in-class designs.
−Reduced development time; using a structured approach develops a common vision and language for the design team.
−Better group decision making; the decision is more likely to be based on objective criteria.
−Documentation of the decision process; the method provides its own documentation.
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Caution
• Concept Scoring and Screening matrices are only used on those few (less than 5) design problems that will make a significant difference in the outcome of your project.
• You don’t need the formality of concept scoring and screening for obvious design choices or those that are dictated by the preferred solution.
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• The Two Stages of Concept Selection−Concept Screening: give relative score
against a known benchmark design.−fast, approximate evaluation that produces several
viable concepts.−Best used when quantitative comparisons are
difficult.−Usually requires some sort of reference concept for
relative evaluation.
−Concept Scoring: weighted ranking of measurement criteria.
−Used when only a few alternatives are being considered.
−Required quantitative comparisons of concepts.−Can still be quite subjective due to choices of weights
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• In both cases we use the Six Steps of
Concept Selection−1. Prepare the selection matrix—choose
the selection criteria.−2. Rate the concepts.−3. Rank the concepts.−4. Combine and improve concepts.−5. Select one or more concepts.−6. Reflect on the results and the process.
Evaluate against a reference
Give the concept a # score
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Product Concepts
A B C E FSelection Criteria
Criteria 2
Criteria 1
Criteria 3
Sum/Rank
Method 1--Concept Screening
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Concepts
A B C E FCriteria
Criteria 2
Criteria 1
Criteria 3
Sum/Rank
Concept ScreeningConcept Ratings
A= reference
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• Step 1--Preparing the Selection
Matrix.−The choice of the selection matrix is key
to the success of both Screening and Scoring.
−Selection criteria should be independent.
−Selection criteria should be chosen to differentiate among the concepts.
−The criteria should be of the same relative worth.
−Don’t get too many criteria.−Use industry comparisons if available.
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• Concept Screening matrix−Start with the selection criteria. −Where are you going to get the
selection criteria?
−These are the key attributes or features of the product as determined in the FSD.
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• Next develop the list of concepts that
you are considering for the solution −This list is the output of the concept
generation exercise. −Prune the list using intuitive methods to a
manageable number of concepts to consider.
−Each concept should be a solution to the same problem.
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• Concept Screening−Step 2--Rating Concepts
• Use a relative score, +, 0, - or colored dots• rate against a reference
−Step 3--Rank the Concepts• sum up the scores• rank the concepts by scores, highest to
lowest.
−Step 4--Combine and Improve the Concepts• Look at the results and see if there are
ways to combine concepts• is there one bad feature that is degrading a
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• Your team is working for “Innovative Directions”
• You have been given the assignment to work with BYU on a special project.
• Your team has been assigned this task:
• “Design and build an economical solution which will make it easy for those unfamiliar with the BYU campus to find their way around.”
In-Class Exercise
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Innovative Directions Concept Generation
What would be some of the possible solutions for providing campus directions?
• Physical map
• Downloadable map
• New signs on campus
• New building signs
• Color coded strips on the sidewalks
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Criteria• Cost of the solution• Ease of use• Portability• Accuracy of data• Cost of development• Availability of solution
Innovative Directions Concept Screening example
What would some good screening criteria for choosing the best alternative for the Innovative Directions example?
What would be a good benchmark concept?
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• Concept Screening continued−Step 5--Select One or More Concepts
• Look for patterns and groupings of concepts.
• Look for natural breakpoints among concepts.
−Step 6--Reflect on the Results• try to get consensus among the team on
the results.• Ask if the criteria reflects the critical
customer needs.
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• Method 2--Concept Scoring−Step 1--Preparing the selection matrix.−In addition to the requirements for
screening:• each criteria must be assigned a weight in
relationship to its importance.• A good way of assigning weights is to
allocate 100 percentage points across all criteria.
• Or, importance values can be assigned, 1-9.
• There are empirical methods of assigning weights, but more often they are determined by team consent.
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• Concept Scoring Matrix
Concepts
Criteria Weight Rating WeightedScore Rating Weighted
ScoreRating Weighted
ScoreRating Weighted
Score
Concept AConcept B Concept C Concept D
100%Totals
Criteria 1Criteria 2Criteria 3
X%Y%Z%
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Sum
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• Concept scoring, continued−Step 2--Rate the Concepts
• assign a numerical value to each concept with respect to the criteria.
• Use a wide scale to help differentiate among concepts. I.e. 1,3,9
−Step 3--Rank the Concepts• ranking is done by multiplying the concept
scores by the criteria weights.• Add up all the scores for each concept.• List the concepts by descending order.
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Methods of PDA<->Computer Communication (Hardware)
0 = Terrible 2 = Decent 4 = Good 6 = Awesome
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Serial Radio Link (One on each side)4x3=12
6x2=12
4x1=4
4x1=4
2x1=2
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Wireless LAN (802.11)0x3=0
4x2=8
6x1=6
6x1=6
6x1=6
4x1=4 30
IrDA6x3=18
0x2=0
2x1=2
4x1=4
6x1=6
4x1=4 34
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• Concept Scoring continued−Step 4--Combining and improving is
similar to concept screening.−Step 5--Select one or more concepts
• choose the highest ranking concepts• look for individuals scores where one criteria
was significant to the total.• Decide whether the scoring was quantitative
enough to make a decision.
−Step 6--Reflect on the Results• this is again similar to screening, does the
answer make sense.
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• In class exercise−Develop a scoring matrix for the criteria
that you developed in Exercise #1. −Give relative weights to the criteria and
design a scoring definition for the ranking.
−How does this help with the evaluation of the criteria?
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Concept Scoring
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In class exercise
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• Potential problems−Concept criteria are not independent
• a set of criteria reflects a common need, resulting in too heavy a weighting.
• For example, if you had three criteria relating to quality, and only one relating to cost, the sum of the quality scores would be spread over three criteria, while cost is concentrated in one criteria.
−Criteria are too subjective. How do you deal with subjective criteria?
−Cost must always be included in some form, because of the importance to the customer.
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• Summary
• All teams use some form of selection, often it is
implicit and unstructured.
• Structured concept selection provides a level of
objective measurement that can help
differentiate between competing solutions.
• Concept screening is useful for eliminating
alternatives when you have a large number to
consider.
• Concept scoring is used to refine the selection
when you have only a few choices.
• Screening and scoring are not exact sciences.
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• Homework
−Complete the Concept Generation and Scoring Document. Due at design review next week.
−Be sure to cover all 5 of areas of the decision Matrix to insure that the reader will understand your thought process, and especially the assumptions that you are using. (see the document description on the ECEn 490 business website.)
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Ease of use 40 5 5 6 4 6
Availability of information 40 5 7 4 4 5
Cost 20 5 7 3 2 3
Sum/Rank 100 500 620 460 360 500
Critical parts of the body of the CG&S document. You need a written section with Scoring for each of the following;
1. Description of the alternatives considered2. Discussion of the decision criteria; why were they chosen? why they are important?
These should come directly from the customer needs/FSD.3. The thought process that resulted in the weighting factors. This should be heavily
driven by the FSD prioritized needs. Include the values.4. An analysis of the process of scoring. Why did you choose the various scores?
Include the scores!5. Review your results.
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