NDLI: Affordances in Product Architecture: Linking Technical Functions and Users’ Tasks

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Adriano, B. Galvao Sato, Keiichi
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Developing usable and desirable products requires an understanding of how users build close relationships with objects and how these relationships can be controlled by developers. This paper discusses the importance of the concept of affordances as an instrument useful for understanding the relationships between technical functions and user tasks. The approach introduces a Function-Task Design Matrix to link technical functions with user tasks and to capture relevant affordance-level requirements throughout the product architecture generation. Functional and Operational Affordance levels are introduced to help determine the product attributes necessary to optimize the ease with which users can undertake technical functions. The paper uses functional language, focusing attention towards the use of the product, rather then merely its workings. The tools for describing affordances are described first, followed by a step-by-step description of how they can be used to improve decisions during product architecture generation. The mechanism is illustrated in a case study on a kitchen appliance.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
Starting Page	143
Ending Page	153
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISBN	079184742X
DOI	10.1115/DETC2005-84525
e-ISBN	0791837661
Volume Number	Volume 5a: 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2005-09-24
Publisher Place	Long Beach, California, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Interaction groupings User requirements Affordance levels Design structure matrix Product architecture Design Instrumentation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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