John Spacey, June 09, 2017 A design flaw is a design that fails to meet requirements or to serve customer needs. A flawed design can result in unstable and unusable products, services and environments.
A design that fails to handle errors in a reasonable way. For example, unnecessarily halting on minor errors. Products, services, processes, tools and machines that fail to achieve a reasonable level of performance such as a car navigation system with a slow processor and bloated software.
A product, service, infrastructure component or machine that experiences excessive downtime due to design issues. For example, a network device that is prone to overheating and crashing due to a power saving design that often turns off cooling features. A design that fails to meet requirements or to serve customer needs.
A design that introduces needless or unacceptable risks such as a child's toy with needlessly sharp edges. A user interface that is likely to produce human error due to unclear controls or lack of validation. For example, a stock trading app that allows users to enter quantity as price and vice versa.
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN DESIGN WORKSHOP 1452 Figure 1. The scratched screen of an “iPod nano” (source: ipastudio.com) 2.2 The influence of design flaws on product design
A design flaw is a design that fails to meet requirements or to serve customer needs. A flawed design can result in unstable and unusable products, services and environments. In many cases, they introduce unnecessary risk, damage brand reputation or result in poor product ratings and sales. The following are common types of design flaw.
This typically results from incorrect assumptions or miscalculation such as an interior design that doesn't actually fit into the available space.
For example, electronics that place connection ports too close together that don't work with the width and shape of many cords available on the market.
Poor structure such as a building filled with odd shaped rooms that are difficult to use.
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Manufacturing defects can lead to very serious auto accidents . As such, you should be aware of the typical design defects, as well as how to prevent a car accident.
A design flaw is a design that fails to meet requirements or to serve customer needs. A flawed design can result in unstable and unusable products, services and environments. In many cases, they introduce unnecessary risk, damage brand reputation or result in poor product ratings and sales. The following are common types of design flaw.
This typically results from incorrect assumptions or miscalculation such as an interior design that doesn't actually fit into the available space.
For example, electronics that place connection ports too close together that don't work with the width and shape of many cords available on the market.
Poor structure such as a building filled with odd shaped rooms that are difficult to use.