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Design Notebook. Professional Documentation. Design Notebook. This PowerPoint covers the following: Justifications Do’s and Don’ts Guidelines Project Requirements. Justification. Temptation to “blow off” the design notebook They provide relevant and usable documentation about your work
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Design Notebook Professional Documentation
Design Notebook • This PowerPoint covers the following: • Justifications • Do’s and Don’ts • Guidelines • Project Requirements
Justification • Temptation to “blow off” the design notebook • They provide relevant and usable documentation about your work • The better the notebook the better the project down the road • The more useful the notebook is to you the more likely it is to be a good design notebook
Justification • The process serves as professional development • Such notebooks are also used in patent disputes as evidence • Design notebooks are evidence to your employer of the work you have done • They can also improve communication with clients by offering a specific focal point
Design Notebook Don’ts • Don’t just fill it with illegible scribbles and bulleted lists • Don’t leave out important information • Don’t just recount what you did without providing some future direction • Don’t write it for right now
Design Notebook Do’s • Do use the notebook for inventive brainstorming • Do provide reliable documentation • Do focus on relevant information • Do create usable notations that allow for future action
Invention • Collect your ideas about the client’s needs and constraints • Interpret your experiences with the client in order to assess their situation and your communication • Develop project ideas based on your reflections about client needs
Reliability • Be consistent in format, dating and terminology • Draw on credible sources and include references which allow for future retrieval • Provide enough information to prove that you are doing good work • Reference specifics about interactions with clients to support your interpretations
Relevance • Write with an eye on how information fits in with the larger project and client’s needs • Include conclusions and recommendations; don’t let the information speak for itself • Reflect on how your work could contribute to the larger project
Usability • Write the document for yourself, your group and your client in the future • Be consistent in format, organization, dating and terminology • Write legibly so that you and others can read the document later • Focus on the action that your work should produce • Compile notebook to aid in composing the project charter
Guidelines • Use the notebook for inventive brainstorming • Provide reliable documentation • Focus on relevant information • Create usable notations that allow for future action
Exercise • Take 15 minutes to create a design notebook entry detailing how this presentation will impact your work this summer. Consider the Do’s and Don’ts and follow the guidelines of successful design notebooks.