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The Design Process(continued – Part IV)
Lecture 4C
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Getting Started: Managing the Design Process
There is an analogous map of managing design to the process maps used for design itself. The steps are:
Project definition Determining what the client has in mind for the project
Project framework Determining the specific tasks to be done, and organizing a
teamProject scheduling
Assigning tasks and reaching agreement on when they must be accomplished.
Project tracking, evaluation and control Monitoring the project to insure that deadlines are met, tasks
accomplished, and resources used appropriately.
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Managing the Design Process
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Organizing Design TeamsDesign is generally done in teams
Stages of Group FormationForming stage
Getting acquainted and orientedSome testing behavior
Storming stageResistance to task demandsInterpersonal conflict likelyStruggle for group leadership
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Organizing Design Teams (cont’d)Norming stage
Emergence of informal leadershipConsensus on group behaviors and normsConsensus on group’s purpose
Performing stageClearly understood tasks and rolesProductive work to accomplish team goals
Adjourning stageTasks have been accomplishedGroup is disbandingFeeling of loss or regret
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Organizing Design Teams (cont’d)Team Dynamics and Brainstorming
It is important to develop respect for the ideas and talents early in the process
One formal technique for generating ideas (and getting to know one another in a fun and respectful environment) is brainstorming.
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Organizing Design Teams (cont’d)Constructive Conflict
Conflict is inevitable in team settingsEffective teams work to use the conflict
appropriately to generate ideas and understanding and to improve solutions
There are five basic strategies to deal with conflict:AvoidanceSmoothingForcingCompromiseConstructive engagement - this is the only one that
consistently gets to “win-win” results