Capstone- Step 1

Design- Step 1

Part one of our Capstone Design project was primarily focused on researching specific aspects of our project including our target demographic, materials, effectiveness of our design, and adapting our product to best suit the needs of our customers. To begin, our group cultivated a list of characteristics that are required for the product to be functional and marketable. From there we continued our research and created demands and wishes. From there, we emailed out a survey designed to provide us insight on what the consumer wants. I have attached all of our group's work below.

Initial Project Proposal- Report

Katie Cook- Initial Proposal FINAL

Initial Demands and Wishlist

Katie Cook- Define the problem initial Demand and Wishlist (D&W List)

Market Research Report- Presentation

Katie Cook- Market Research Report, D&W List, Survey

Initial Project Proposal- Presentation

Katie Cook- Initial Proposal Presentation

Initial Proposal- Flyer

Katie Cook- Initial Project Proposal Flyer

Human Centered Design- Research Report

Katie Cook- Human Centered Design - Research report draft and Padlet.com update

Reflection

The Capstone Design Step 1 went well for my group and I. It took us a bit of time to finalize our idea, but once we settled on our project we were able to be very productive and get our project moving. Two areas we excelled in were Communication and Critical Thinking. We demonstrated great communication by listening to everyone's ideas/ concerns, and using evidence to support all of our claims. We also demonstrated critical thinking by using research and evidence to guide our decision making, and coming up with multiple ways to solve our problems.

Two areas that we could have done better on were Character and Conscientious Learning. It took us so long to decide on the topic of our project because of these issues. We could have done better on character by being more respectful to eachother. Sometimes people's judgement on certain ideas would hold us back from following through with the idea, causing us to have to restart. In the future respecting everyone's ideas and giving everyone equal opportunities could help us move along faster. Under conscientious learning, we also could have worked on time management. By putting a cap on the amount of time used to brainstorm, we would have had more time to work on other projects. We have begun to solve this issue by focusing on our Gannt Charts and sticking to the deadlines we set for ourselves. I am excited to continue this project and can't wait to see our project come together.

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