Topic 11.1: Product analysis Questions

A manufacturer is redesigning a hospital bedside table. Identify four stakeholders it should gather information from, saying what each contributes and what to ask them.

Explain why a product analysis of a ward trolley that only interviews current users is incomplete.

What decision does pairing a WEAKNESS with a THREAT produce?

Which of these is a genuine OPPORTUNITY in a SWOT of a kettle?

Which is a repairability measurement from a reverse engineering exercise?

A cyclist struggles to open a lock while wearing gloves. Explain how constructive discontent could drive a redesign.

A designer finds that a lunch box leaks in a school bag. Explain how constructive discontent could lead to an improved product.

A gardener finds a hose reel tangles repeatedly. Explain how constructive discontent could create a design opportunity.

Apply constructive discontent to a domestic washing line, and state the unmet need you arrive at.

Identify which of these is correctly stated as an unmet need for a kettle, and say what is wrong with the others: (a) the kettle should be lighter; (b) users with limited grip need to fill and pour without lifting a full kettle; (c) kettles are annoying to fill.

What does analysing the existing product at the START make possible at the END?

Why should a designer analyse a product from OUTSIDE the market they compete in?

Explain why product analysis matters at more than one point in the development of a redesigned hospital bedside table.

A team redesigning a school locker is short of time and proposes skipping the analysis of the existing product. Justify why it should not.

Which is correctly written as an unmet need?

Why is interviewing only current users an incomplete analysis?

What makes discontent CONSTRUCTIVE?

What does a row where every product scores WELL tell a designer?

Which of these is an ANALYSIS rather than a description?

In a comparison matrix, what does a row where every product scores badly indicate?