Functional Design Meeting
Minutes by R Lindgren- PM

Agenda
• Opening
• Project Manager = secretary (minutes)
• General objectives
• 3 presentations
• New project requirements
• Decision on remote control functions
• Closing (we have 40 minutes!)

Functional Design Objectives
•  User Requirements Specification: what needs and desires are to be fulfilled 
•  Technical Functions design: what effect the apparatus should have 
•  Working design: how the apparatus works to fulfill its functions 

Presentation 1
Marketing

Jessie Levin
Market Research
	100 subjects
	user- lab
	frequency of certain buttons, relevance of those buttons
Desires
	Attractiveness- thought remotes were ugly
	Would pay more for a fancy-looking remote
	Voice Recognition- inversely related to age
		Younger people want, older (60+) didn't desire
	Frustrations- losing remotes- (over 50%)
		Difficulty in learning how to use it- too many buttons
		Bad for RSI- (repetitive strain injury)
Needs
	Design needs to match operating behaviour
		Only use 10% of buttons
		Changing channel and changing volume
	Flipping between channels
	Focus on essentials- not audio/video settings
Ideas?
      LCD screen?
      Less is more- when it comes to the buttons
      	Audio setting not as much importance/visibility
      Emphasis on look and fell to win over consumer
      Feels like the way they'll use it
      Avoid hand injuries


Presentation 2
User Interface Designer

Iain 
Technical Functions Design

What a remote control actually is- provide certain effects on our television
A communications device
Way to communicate desires

How go about designing
	Specifications- know what final product will be like
	What the end user will want from project
How?
	Design prototypes
	Get feedback- ?
	How well they work in actual experiments
	Using a remote is very subjective experience
	A fairly standard piece of equipment
		Expect certain places for buttons
		Conventional design- don't shock people, but can have novel ideas
Practicalities
	Technological
	What can we do with the current technologies- while keeping within price range
Findings- on the web
	Examine existing TV remotes
	See what's good, what's bad
		How we can improve
		Make our product stand out from the large majority of products
Two examples
	One is engineering- very advanced
	One is very basic- very user-friendly, but don't have functions to do extra stuff
	Need a balance
Personal preferences
	Simple, big buttons for major tasks, does everything that need it to...
	Looks cool, feels good- ergonomical design


Intra discussion
	Importance of looking cool
	'that might be our market'


Presentation 3
Alima- Working Design

Industrial Designer

What we're trying to do- figure out how the apparatus can fulfill its function
	Example of the coffee grinder- other things bring about to make it work

Practical function
	How convernt all the elements to make sure everything gets done
	Make a schematic of the way the elements can combine to do it
Findings
	Infrared is best way to get data to the receiver- don't need a sightline
	User interface- happens through a chip- controls flow of data
	Sender controls interface
Components
	See powerpoint
	Designed to work together
	Working design schematic- cool little drawing
Personal Preferences
	Long lasting energy source
      Easy to manipulate chip
      Straightforward interface
      Reliable/clear infrared signal

New Requirements
• Teletext has become outdated, due to the popularity of the Internet. 
o What is teletext?
o very basic web browser- numbers- bring up index of what page you want
o Can use to look up TV guides, sports, lottery, etc.
• The remote control should only be used for the television, otherwise the project becomes more complex, which endangers the time-to-market. 
• Our corporate image should stay recognizable in our products. Our corporate color and slogan must be implemented in the new design. 

Decision on Functions
• Who is our target group?
• Younger group- attracted
* Should we worry about voice recognition?
* General consensus- no
* Would add too much to the price
* But how else to make the product 'cool'?
• Who can pay for it?
• Are we interested in technological advancement?  An upgrade?
Functions
	Objectives:  simplicity and fashion
	Something to keep from getting lost
	Large buttons for essentials
	Possibility for extra functions
		Sliding screen for complicated functions
	Fashionable
	Long-life battery or charging station

Closing
• After meeting: complete questionnaire and summarization (to be sent by email), then lunch break
• Then 30 minutes of individual work
• PM: puts minutes in Project Documents folder
• Individual actions
- ID: the components concept 
- UID: the user interface concept 
- ME: trend watching 
• Specific instructions will be sent to you by your personal coach.


Functions
	Objectives:  simplicity and fashion
	Something to keep from getting lost
	Large buttons for essentials
	Possibility for extra functions
		Sliding screen for complicated functions
	Fashionable
	Long-life battery or charging station