Workshop: Design Debrief

Background

The main group activity that runs through this course is a design project. This activity is intended to begin engaging with the design brief and develop your understanding of it.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, you can restate design briefs in your own terms, which is helpful for kick-starting design processes.

Instructions

• Refer to the design concept assignment and the Contestable AI by Design poster.
• Create a blank collaborative document in your online workspace. You can use the “notes” feature for this if you like.
• Read the design concept assignment and look at the poster.
• Summarize both documents in your own words in the note. Make sure to cover the following elements:
  • Background: what is the project about, and what is its context?
  • Objective: What is the outcome the project aims for?
  • Success criteria: How will the achievement of the project aim to be measured?
  • Stakeholders: Who are the groups of people directly or indirectly affected or involved in the project?
  • Requirements: Which needs, wants, and conditions should the end result satisfy?
  • Deliverables: What outcomes should the design project deliver? (Note that this can be speculative. It isn’t necessarily what you will produce in this course.)

Product

A restated design brief (aka “debrief”) as a note in your workspace.

Follow-up

You will use the debrief as a starting point for the design project. We will discuss your debrief in the plenary following this workshop.