Portable Barbecue Design#

A preliminary-design task about generating and selecting a portable barbecue concept.

See Text Problem Catalog for the text family index.

Quick Facts#

Field

Value

Problem ID

ideation_portable_barbecue_design

Problem Family

text

Implementation

TextProblem

Capabilities

citation-backed, prompt-packet, statement-markdown

Study Suitability

human-subjects-ready, ideation-friendly, requirements-study-ready

Tags

text, human-subjects, design, barbecue, portable, consumer

Taxonomy#

Formulation

textual_prompt

Is Dynamic

no

Orientation

consumer-product

Objective Mode

qualitative

Constraint Nature

embedded-constraints

Tags

text, human-subjects, design, barbecue, portable, consumer

Deliverable Type

concepts

Timebox Hint (Minutes)

90

Participants

team

Evaluation Mode

idea_generation

Statement#

Conceptualize, design, and select a portable barbecue.

The concept may incrementally or radically innovate an existing model and should address the needs to be:

  • easy to clean

  • resistant to rust

  • safe

  • easy to move and carry

  • capable of homogeneous heat distribution on the grilling surface

Prompt Profile#

Field

Value

Deliverable Type

concepts

Timebox Hint (Minutes)

90

Participants

team

Evaluation Mode

idea_generation

Sources#

Key

Summary

bertoni_bertoni_johansson_2015

Bertoni, Bertoni, and Johansson (2015). Analysing the Effects of Value Drivers and Knowledge Maturity in Preliminary Design Decision-Making. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15).

Raw Citation Records#

Bertoni, Alessandro, Marco Bertoni, and Christian Johansson (2015). Analysing the Effects of Value Drivers and Knowledge Maturity in Preliminary Design Decision-Making. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15).