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CoStorm: a term map system to aid in a collaborative ideation process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2018

Chengwei Zhang ,
Marcelo López-Parra ,
Junyu Chen  and
Ling Tian
Chengwei Zhang
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision/Ultra-precision Manufacturing Equipments and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Marcelo López-Parra
Affiliation:
Unidad de Alta Tecnología, Facultad Ingeniería, UNAM, Queretaro, Mexico
Junyu Chen
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision/Ultra-precision Manufacturing Equipments and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Ling Tian*
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision/Ultra-precision Manufacturing Equipments and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
*
Author for correspondence: Ling Tian, E-mail: tianling@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
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Abstract

The decisions made during the early stages of a design process have a huge impact on a product. Owing to the explosion of preliminary ideas, however, designers easily lose track of important ideas and significant information and end up being buried in a pile of plain words. Failing to locate an idea in the context of idea generation makes it difficult to generate new ideas or take optimized decisions. In this study, the authors propose the term map approach to provide a complete bird's eye view of all ideas, which is a higher-dimension graphical representation that helps in inspiring ideas and making decisions among design team members. A software application named CoStorm is developed. Through the case study of the cash-flattener module, which is a crucial component of an automated teller machine, this method is found to contribute in facilitating the ideation and decision-making progress.

Keywords

Computer-aided conceptual designdecision-makingelectronic brainstormingideation
Type
Research Article
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , August 2019 , pp. 247 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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