Assignment help.
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katsterLast night, I promised to post my actual assignment for the 'bugs' assignment.
Here it is:
We are all capable of identifying market needs and thus generating ideas for new products, in part by noticing the defenciencies in the products we use in everyday life. To prove to yourself that you can identify market needs, generate a list of at least 20 "bugs". Designers at the product design firm IDEO use a "bug list" to record their observations of products and situations where products and situations where products failed to meet the actual conditions of use. This list should include any observation or annoyance that comes to your mind. Note that we are looking for a list of "bugs" (eg, my vegetable peeler hurts my hand when I peel potatoes) rather than a list of product solutions (eg, a vegetable peeler with a soft handle). In other words, you don't have to invent a solution to a problem you see -- just state the problem. From these bugs, develop a market need which could be based on a specific "bug" or on a set of "bugs".
Any help would be appreciated, because I seem to be too easygoing to let bugs bother me, and I seem to read instructions if I can't figure out something (the lone exception is computers, where I need to be reminded to RTFM). So yeah. Thanks in advance.
Here it is:
We are all capable of identifying market needs and thus generating ideas for new products, in part by noticing the defenciencies in the products we use in everyday life. To prove to yourself that you can identify market needs, generate a list of at least 20 "bugs". Designers at the product design firm IDEO use a "bug list" to record their observations of products and situations where products and situations where products failed to meet the actual conditions of use. This list should include any observation or annoyance that comes to your mind. Note that we are looking for a list of "bugs" (eg, my vegetable peeler hurts my hand when I peel potatoes) rather than a list of product solutions (eg, a vegetable peeler with a soft handle). In other words, you don't have to invent a solution to a problem you see -- just state the problem. From these bugs, develop a market need which could be based on a specific "bug" or on a set of "bugs".
Any help would be appreciated, because I seem to be too easygoing to let bugs bother me, and I seem to read instructions if I can't figure out something (the lone exception is computers, where I need to be reminded to RTFM). So yeah. Thanks in advance.
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You've given me an excuse to rant... YAY!
Date: 2003-09-08 03:29 pm (UTC)• New after-market radio/CD-players for cars. The buttons for channel selection are so teeny that you have to pull over and get out a magnifying glass to see them, or cause an accident. Not to mention that the season's fad is for glowy bits that can wreck night vision. [Yes, we went wandering around looking at after-market radios the other day. We went to about 4 different places. Fortunately, the current model in the dealership should suffice... For about three times the price of the lowest-price after-market ones, but better that than wrecking the car just to change the channel...]
• EverCrack crashes too much.
• Airline seats are too close together.
• Back on potties -- there are no "lid within a lid" options for people who have small children. The padded converter seat has to be taken in and out every time.
• Diapers are too good; kid doesn't mind wearing them for the entire day! *cry*
• It costs too much. For whatever value of It you care to name, generally. O:>
Mmm, I feel better. Thanks!!