Economic use of early stage prototyping is of paramount importance to companies engaged in the development of innovative products, services and systems because it directly impacts their bottom-line [1, 2]. There is likewise a need to understand the dimensions and lenses that make up an economic profile of prototypes. Yet, there is no reliable understanding of how resources expended and views of dimensionality across prototyping translate into value [3, 4]. To help practitioners, designers, and researchers leverage prototyping most economically, we seek to understand the tradeoff between design information gained and the resource expended into prototyping to gain that information [5]. We investigate this topic by conducting an inductive study on industry projects across disciplines and knowledge domains, while collecting and analyzing empirical data on their physical prototyping process [3]. Our research explores ways of quantifying prototyping value and reinforcing the asymptotic relationship between value and fidelity [6]. Most intriguingly, it reveals insightful heuristics that practitioners can exploit to generate high value from low and high fidelity prototypes alike.
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ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 26–29, 2018
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5184-5
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The Economies and Dimensionality of Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity
Edward Tiong,
Edward Tiong
Ring Theory Pte., Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
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Olivia Seow,
Olivia Seow
Ring Theory Pte., Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
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Kenneth Teo,
Kenneth Teo
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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Arlindo Silva,
Arlindo Silva
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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Kristin L. Wood,
Kristin L. Wood
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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Daniel D. Jensen,
Daniel D. Jensen
U.S. Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO
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Maria C. Yang
Maria C. Yang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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Edward Tiong
Ring Theory Pte., Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
Olivia Seow
Ring Theory Pte., Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
Kenneth Teo
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Arlindo Silva
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Kristin L. Wood
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, Singapore, Singapore
Daniel D. Jensen
U.S. Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO
Maria C. Yang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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DETC2018-85747, V007T06A045; 12 pages
Published Online:
November 2, 2018
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Tiong, E, Seow, O, Teo, K, Silva, A, Wood, KL, Jensen, DD, & Yang, MC. "The Economies and Dimensionality of Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity." Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 7: 30th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. August 26–29, 2018. V007T06A045. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2018-85747
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