Week 4

Structuring the Need for a Problem

See Lesson 3 for more detail

• Discussed:
  • How to identify a problem correctly
    • "generate problem statements that focus on the function to be achived by any viable design solution"
    • Techniques:
      • restatement
      • source and cause
      • revision
  • Why-Why diagram and Fault tree diagrams
  • Kepner Tregoe (KT) Analysis - is / is not