Product Improvement Design Brief

Client Company: Person/Company producing the product

WTHS
Target Consumer: Person/Company buying the product
People in School
Problem Statement: What is wrong with the item/product?
This product is easily
breakable, erasers get dirty
quickly, not enough lead
storage, ETC.

Design Statement: What needs to be created/fixed?

Metal supports inside
pencil, better eraser, more
lead storage, different sized
ones, ETC.

Constraints: The “rules” an engineer has to follow when creating their

idea.

No bigger than 7”, no

smaller than 4”, lead
storage must be bigger than
existing one, must find a
economic friendly material
to build with, ETC.

Project Lead The Way, Inc.

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