Folding chair opportunity
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Our ghantt charts shows our schedule for the remainder of the semester. The chart shows duration and due date for the major tasks needed to complete our project. It also shows who we have decided to be leaders for each, but these leaders are likely to change as we continue our design process. | Our ghantt charts shows our schedule for the remainder of the semester. The chart shows duration and due date for the major tasks needed to complete our project. It also shows who we have decided to be leaders for each, but these leaders are likely to change as we continue our design process. | ||
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Revision as of 13:38, 27 February 2012
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Executive Summary
Team Member Roles
Tammy Dvir - DFE, Large Group Study, Patent Search
Sarah Kunka - FMEA, Retail Interview, Competitor Search
Mark Sandusky - Stake Holders Liaison, Retail Interview, Competitor Search
Will Maher - Team Leader, Individual Use Study, Ghantt Chart
Joe Wynant - DFMA, Large Group Study, Brainstorm Leader
All our group members continued their roles from phase 1 and took on new roles as we entered phase 2. Our group meets twice a week to discuss and work on our chair project, these meetings are collaborative. Also during these meeting we assign tasks to be done for the following meeting. We divided up our market research and for the most part did it individually. Idea generation and picking, however, was done in our meetings and our final design choice was decided by a vote. Overall we feel our group has worked very well together.
Market Research
Individual User Study
The purpose of this user study was to observe how consumer who owns and uses folding chairs as an individual. Originally we wanted to go to a little league sporting event and watch the fans as they used folding chairs throughout the game. We were unable to do this due to the time of year. Instead we simulated this by having our friends use folding chairs at intramural games going on around campus. The main conclusions we found from this study is that consumers using a chair for these events want them to be very portable, more portable than current chairs offer. Also it was interesting that users preferred cloth folding chairs, compared to metal chairs, for sporting events; even if the event was indoors. This is mainly due, once again, to portability. Overall we did not find this to be the most useful market study since the main conclusions we drew we already knew from our own experiences with folding chairs.
Large Group User Study
Retailer Interview
Survey
Competitor Search
Patent Search
Top Design Concepts
Folding Desk
Folds into Backpack
Modular Accessories
Chair and Walker Combination
Pugh Chart
Product Recommendation
Ghantt Chart
Our ghantt charts shows our schedule for the remainder of the semester. The chart shows duration and due date for the major tasks needed to complete our project. It also shows who we have decided to be leaders for each, but these leaders are likely to change as we continue our design process.
