Journal article
Design cognition differences when using unstructured, partially structured, and structured concept generation creativity techniques
International journal of design creativity and innovation, v 1(4), pp 196-214
01 Oct 2013
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental study of measuring and comparing design cognition while using different concept generation creativity techniques in a collaborative engineering design setting. Eleven design teams were given the same three design tasks, respectively, using an unstructured concept generation technique (brainstorming), a partially structured technique (morphological analysis), and a structured technique (TRIZ). A protocol analysis was carried out using the function-behavior-structure ontologically based coding scheme. This study showed that the students' design cognition was affected by the degree of structuredness of the concept generation creativity techniques they applied in their designing. The more structured a concept generation creativity technique is, the more likely that designers using this technique tend to focus more on problem-related aspects of designing, i.e., design goals and requirements. Results also indicate that the influence of the structuredness of concept generation creativity techniques mainly affects the early parts of the designing process, and differences between different design conditions exhibit an overall commonality of designing.
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- Title
- Design cognition differences when using unstructured, partially structured, and structured concept generation creativity techniques
- Creators
- John S. Gero - University of North Carolina at CharlotteHao Jiang - Zhejiang UniversityChristopher B. Williams - Virginia Tech
- Publication Details
- International journal of design creativity and innovation, v 1(4), pp 196-214
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 19
- Grant note
- 1161715 / Directorate For Engineering; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Engineering (ENG) CMMI-0926908; CMMI-1161715 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000218700800002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85018217049
- Other Identifier
- 991022157481104721