Evaluation Criteria:

1. Cost efficient ​.25

2. Easy to Manufacture ​.20
3. Availability of supplies ​.20
4. Lightweight ​.05
5. Works smoothly/engaging ​.20
6. Aesthetics ​.10

Concepts/Functions Design Concept 1 Design Concept 2 Design Concept 3

Switch with Individual Pedestals Attached on One Wood Characters on

Characters Axle ✔ individual axles

Programming/Power Outlets ✔ Generator Solar Power

Source

Speakers Concert Speakers Built into frame Speakers placed

outside frame ✔

Frame Wood ✔ Metal Wood frame (piece

by piece)

Commentary Live Commentary Get SFX from the Allow People to

Internet ✔ create their own

Decision Matrix:

Evaluatio Weight Concept 1 Wt x Concept 2 Wt x Concept 3 Wt x

n Criteria 1 Val​1 2 Val​2 3 Val​3
Val​1 Val​2 Val​3

Cost .25 7 1.75 5 1.25 4 1

Efficient

Easy .20 9 1.80 7 1.4 5 1

Build

Availabilit .20 6 1.20 7 1.4 4 .8

y of
supplies

Light .05 4 .20 9 .45 5 .25

Engaging .20 7 1.4 8 1.6 7 1.4

 Aesthetic .10 9 .9 6 .6 5 .50
s

Total =1.0 7.25 6.7 4.95

Conclusion:
Building this matrix wasn’t very complex. It took a mixture of basic knowledge of our
product and its possibilities and simple math. However it was pretty effective in aiding us decide
which concept to pick. We couldn’t necessarily make up our mind on one so we mixed a little bit
of each. Each of our aforementioned concepts had some positives to it, but also some
negatives. So, we chose different aspects of each concept as the one we want to build. The
aspects we chose are indicated by the check marks above. We believe that the combination of
these different aspects give us the most plausible concept to build given our resources and
background knowledge.

Chosen Concept/ Winning Concept:

Concepts/Functions

Switch with Characters Attached on One Axle

Programming/Power Source Outlets

Speakers Speakers placed outside frame

Frame Wood

Commentary Get SFX from the Internet

Below would be our clear chosen concept put into its own decision matrix. .

Evaluation Criteria Weight Chosen Concept C Wt x Val​4

Val​4

Cost Efficient .25 9 1.75

Easy Build .20 10 2

Availability of .20 9 1.75

supplies
Light .05 4 .20

Engaging .20 8 1.6

Aesthetics .10 9 .9

Total =1.0 8.2