TEAMWORK AND DESIGN METHODOLOGY - OBSERVATIONS ABOUT TEAMWORK IN DESIGN EDUCATION

This paper focuses on the topic how students can learn to cooperate in design teams, to be prepared for industrial practice. Advantages and disadvantages of teamwork in design are observed in a project. In this project students designed and manufactured a device in teams. Most of the disadvantages which are discussed, occur because of problems of c ommunication between the team members. An approach for the education i n systematic design and the experiences in using this approach are pre sented. The paper concludes with suggestions for design education and for research.