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Survival kitU-CrAc: interdisciplinary challenges
U-CrAc = a design process
What to expect?How does the designer address problems?What characterizes the design process?What is the value/main focus in design?What are the tacit rules of design?What characterizes interdisciplinary team work?
A pieces of advice
How does the designer address problems?
Problems/assignmentsWicked or ill-defined problemsSearch for the underlying problemSearch for an understanding of the problem in a larger context
Problems/assignments
They might not start to solve the problem, but to challenge the definition of the problem
They postpone decisions They work with developing a solution and
understanding the problem simultaneously.
Problems/assignmentsHow may non-designers experience this
Frustrating – becuase the problem does not get solved as fast as possibleAs time consuming and unnessesary
Problems/assignmentsWhy do they do this?
Because they more concerned about designing the right thing than designing it right!
What characterizes the design process?
The design processIterative Divergent og Convergent’thinking outside the box’
The design process
If a solution does not work – you return to start (with the new learning you gained)
You do no stop at the first solution – you create many alternatives and evaluate these
You work with forced analogies what if an astronaut is going to use this?
The design processHow might none-designers experience this?
As one step forward and two steps backwardAs unnecessary search for new ideasAs strange or maybe too childish
The design processWhy are they doing this?• To make sure the whole solution-space
have been explored before selecting a solution,
• Because the search for new and alternative solutions that lies outside the ‘normal’/known realm of logic.
What is the value/main focus in design?
People
People/users
The users needs are the most important other relevant issues such as economy
and ‘workability’ may be ignored or postponed until later in the development process
People/usersHow may non-designers experience this?
As very limited focusAs no sense of reality
People/usersWhy do they do it
Because they are the users advocate in the development process
What are the tacit rules of design?
The tacit rulesBad ideas die by themselves – so do not kill a potentially good idea just because you might think it is stupidIdea generation and idea evaluation must be separatedYou are the users advocateStop discussing – start testing! (prototype)
What characterizes interdisciplinary team work?
It is really hard!
Interdisciplinary teamwork
Why is it hard
You have different knowledge, experiences and opinionsYou ‘speak’ different languagesIt is easy to feel outside/misunderstood
Interdisciplinary teamwork
What to do then
Accept it is hardBe patient with your teammatesListen more – speak lessBe proactive rather than reactive (contribute)
A piece of advice
• Be a co-designer• Do your best and take
care of your team• Accept that not
everything is within your ‘comfort-zone’
Enjoy the ride!