Development and Evaluation of a Novel Digital Product Development Tool Dataset

Introduction Jack Frank Rutherford ([e-mail]) is a Masters Student at the University of Strathclyde developing novel digital product development tools supervised by Dr Ross Brisco ([e-mail]) Over three months, the researcher, Jack Frank Rutherford, partnered with the Design Engineering Team at the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland (NMIS) to digitise their PD Toolkit. Following this collaboration, the researcher developed an application that facilitates the digital 6-3-5 ideation method alongside other digital PDTs. The tool was tested with master’s students at DMEM, University of Strathclyde and Design Engineers at NMIS. Three Design Engineers and nine DMEM students participated in the experiment. As the researcher is a university student, there was limited access to participants and available time of only one semester. The selected participants had a wide range of experience with the 6-3-5 ideation tool throughout their degree or career. What is the purpose of this investigation? This investigation was used to determine the success of the digital tool compared with paper based use of the 6-3-5 method. Participants were introduced to the 6-3-5 analogue paper-based method and the new prototype 6-3-5 digital PD tool via a sketching tablet. One Sketching tablet was used with two paper-based 6-3-5 templates. After each round, the paper-based templates and the sketching tablet rotated to allow each of the participants to use the digital PDT on the tablet What happens to the information in the project? Public data will be stored on the Strathclyde servers PURE. The University of Strathclyde is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office who implements the Data Protection Act 1998. Contact details: Principle Investigator: Dr Ross Brisco Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management University of Strathclyde James Weir Building 75 Montrose St Glasgow G1 1XJ Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail] This investigation was granted ethical approval by the Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management Ethics Committee. If you have any questions/concerns, during or after the investigation, or wish to contact an independent person to whom any questions may be directed or further information may be sought from, please contact: Secretary to the University Ethics Committee Research & Knowledge Exchange Services University of Strathclyde Graham Hills Building 50 George Street Glasgow G1 1QE Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

研究背景
杰克·弗兰克·拉瑟福德（[e-mail]）为思克莱德大学硕士研究生，在罗斯·布里斯科博士（[e-mail]）的指导下开展新型数字产品开发工具的研发工作。在为期三个月的研究周期中，该研究者与苏格兰国家制造研究所（National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland, NMIS）的设计工程团队展开合作，对其PD Toolkit进行数字化改造。本次合作结束后，研究者开发了一款应用程序，可实现数字6-3-5创意构思法（6-3-5 ideation method）及其他数字PDT的便捷使用。该工具已在思克莱德大学DMEM（Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management）系的硕士研究生以及NMIS的设计工程师中开展可用性测试，共有3名设计工程师与9名DMEM系学生参与本次实验。由于研究者为在校学生，可获取的参与者资源与实验时长均较为有限，仅覆盖一个学期。本次招募的参与者在学位学习或职业历程中，均具备较为丰富的6-3-5创意构思工具使用经验。

本研究的目的是什么？
本研究旨在对比数字化工具与纸质版6-3-5方法的使用效果，评估该数字工具的应用成效。研究者通过绘图平板向参与者分别介绍了6-3-5纸质模拟方法与本次研发的新型原型数字PD工具。每组实验配备一台绘图平板与两张纸质6-3-5模板，每一轮测试结束后，纸质模板与绘图平板将进行轮换，确保所有参与者均可体验平板上的数字PDT。

项目中的信息将如何处理？
本项目的公开数据将存储于思克莱德大学的PURE服务器中。思克莱德大学已在信息专员办公室（Information Commissioner’s Office）完成注册，该机构负责执行《1998年数据保护法》（Data Protection Act 1998）。

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