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Define and Justify the Problem
⤷ Problem Statement Evaluation
Organizations and Associations
Become an Expert
Justifying a Project Academically or Ethically
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Final Problem Statement
Of the 318.9 million people in the United States, 103.7 million Americans ride bikes. The power to move these bikes is applied in the chain, where the motion and sprockets are controlled. Unfortunately, sprockets and chains account for 34.1% of bike related injuries and currently, the process of fixing a faulty chain or sprocket, is not permanent and frequent bikers experience chain problems multiple times.
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Problem Identification and Justification
Element A focuses finding a problem and establishing the validity of the problem. Each team should have identified a valid problem at the completion of this element. After identifying a valid problem through initial research, the team will focus on justifying the problem. At any point in the process, it may be necessary to adjust the problem statement or start over with a new problem statement. While revising the problem statement may seem to the students to be counterproductive and increase the effort needed to complete the project, students should find that creating a new or adjusted problem statement is quicker and less difficult in successive iterations because they have previously been through the creation process. More importantly, students will achieve more success during the remainder of the course, and their final product will be more effective if they work from a valid and justifiable problem statement.
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