Team 10: The Sky’s the Limit!Design Norms Presentation21 Feb, 2005

Aaron Buys, John Vander Weide, and Llian BreenDr. Matthew K. Heun

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Design Norms Cultural Appropriateness Transparency Stewardship Integrity Justice Caring Trust

Cultural Appropriateness

Account for the social, cultural, and physical environment impact

Stakeholders: Scientific Community General Public

Cultural Appropriateness

Examples+ Informing Air Traffic Control of

our ACR launch although we have met FAR 101

- Radiosonde transmission at wrong frequency band

Transparency

Clear communication Form implies function Stakeholders:

Atmospheric Science Customers

Transparency

Examples+ Accessibility to general

public

- Inconsistent measurement: Data not reliable

Design Norms Cultural Appropriateness Transparency Stewardship Integrity Justice Caring Trust

Stewardship

Resource use Tradeoffs between resources

Economic Thermodynamic Physical Constraint

Stewardship

Examples+ ACR provides large scale

tracking of inefficient resource use

- Radiosonde retrieval vs. economics

Integrity

A complete design Tradeoffs between function and aesthetics

Is function desirable? Is product attractive to market? Promote human relationships and understanding.

Integrity

Examples+ Human understanding of

environmental impact

- Complicated design which frustrated weather service employees.

Design Norms Cultural Appropriateness Transparency Stewardship Integrity Justice Caring Trust

Justice

Risk Analysis Stakeholder Rights

Economic Constraints Environmental Constraints

Justice

Examples+ Parachute to minimize risk

during ACR descent

- Economic vs. environmental tradeoff with instrument retrieval

Caring

Effect of product on humans Not just function, but safety

Caring

Examples+ More accurate weather

prediction

- Direct impact of ACR with human upon descent

Trust

Product reliability Conflict of interest in design decisions

Trust

Examples+ Repeatability of instrument

testing builds trust

- Failing to keep secret proprietary information given to us by a company