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Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brainstorming web | Method of linking different ideas together by finding commonalities between them . |
| Common constraints | Conditions that are in all engineering design problems . |
| criteria | Guidelines to follow in order to successfully solve the problem . |
| free association | Act of describing as many ideas as possible without any concern about their ability to be accomplished . |
| freewritting | Individuality brainstorming technique in which an engineer generates possible ideas by writing them down . |
| future process | Intentionally focusing on solutions that are not possible yet because of technological or scientific limitations . |
| problem | Question, something that is needed for a design, or something that needs to be changed in a design . |
| specific constraints | Conditions that are directly related to the engineering design problems at hand |