7/28/2019 Co-Op Lab Challenge 3

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IDC LAB: COOPERATIVE

PUIC 3101 IDP 7539

Spring 2013

Parsons The New School for Design

School of Design Strategies

Integrated Design Program 

CHALLENGE 3: An Engagement tool (learning how to engineer, experiment, test, act, use, execute)

Objective: Gain practical experience working in groups, identify and engage with "non-designer"

collaborators, and develop a service, system, or solution (conceived in Challenge 2) that uses

intentional cooperation to provide mutual benefit to participants and stakeholders.

Deliverable: 1) a presentation of the process(es) and outcome(s) of your internal and external

collaborative efforts – including documentation of initial piloting/prototyping 2) a practical toolkit

summarizing the cooperative tools, techniques, and terminology employed this semester. 

This final challenge is an opportunity to synthesize the tools, discussions, exercises, experiments,

and concepts presented in this course, through designing and deploying a collaborative

engagement in a resonant context. Whereas the previous challenges were concerned with

developing collaborative tools to be used in the design process, this challenge is about developing

collaborative tools (in the broadest possible sense) – as outcomes of the design process.

Working in groups with your peers, and building on concepts conceived in Challenge 2, you must

develop and to some extent test a product, service, system, experience, or other solution that

employs intentional cooperation to satisfy the needs of participants and stakeholders. You will

need to document and justify the cooperative structures of your design as well as the collaborative

operations of your design team.

Since the teams in our class have slightly different collaborative arrangements, they will be

required to submit slightly different deliverables. Those of you who are working with your team

simply as “contributors” and/or “contractors” but otherwise developing your own project will give

slightly shorter presentations that those who are working as “collaborators” and/or “cooperators”

on an equally shared project. However, everyone will have to submit their own toolkit at the end.

Your individual grade for this project will incorporate evaluations of your final deliverables, process

participation, and a peer/self-assessment. It is vital that you meet with your team at least once a

week outside of class time, and that you come to class with evidence of your ongoing work.

Regularly submitting incremental deliverables (such as a stakeholder matrix, a system map, and

evidence of piloting/prototyping) will help you stay on track and get the most out of this challenge.

DEADLINES (FOR PRESENTATION):

Apr 11 [Week 10]:

Task B –

Work plan and

concept summary 

Apr 18 [Week 11]:

Task C –

Stakeholder and

system diagrams

Apr 25 [Week 12]:

Task D –

Evidence of 

pilot/prototyping

May 2 [Week 13]:

FINAL REVIEW 

Documentation

and presentation

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DEADLINES (FOR TOOLKIT):

May 9 [Week 14]:

TOOLKIT

DEVELOPMENT –

Outline and layout

May 16 [Week 15]:

TOOLKIT PARTY! 

Refined and printed

toolkit ready to share

CHALLENGE SCHEDULE:

 Apr 4

[Week 9]

Review collaborative system

examples, introduce

CHALLENGE 3, studio time

CHALLENGE 3 – Task B: 

Review key questions, goals, shape of collaboration. Initial

brainstorm about engagement tool and “non-designer”

inputs and roles.

 Apr 11

[Week 10]

Expert insight presentation

and panel discussion, skillworkshop, studio time

Sections Meet Together:

66 West 12 th, Room 407 

CHALLENGE 3 – Task C:

Review collaborative frameworks and stakeholder motivations. Develop a preliminary prototype and prepare

for preliminary review. 

 Apr 18

[Week 11]

MID-REVIEW OF WORK –

report in to your classmates

on the progress of your 

project

CHALLENGE 3 – Task D:

Deploy your engagement tool and document its setup,

use, and results.

 Apr 25

[Week 12]

Studio time CHALLENGE 3 – Task E:

Prepare a presentation that showcases the process as

well as the outcome and how it relates, influences,

enhances your studio design practice.

May 2

[Week 13]

FINAL PRESENTATION OF

CHALLENGE 3 groupwork

TOOLKIT – Development

May 9

[Week 14]

Studio time TOOLKIT – Refinement

May 16

[Week 15]

PRESENTATION OF

TOOLKIT DESIGNS – use,test, and share toolkits with

peers, colleagues & faculty.

COURSE EVALUATIONS