Thread: Robot Design: If there isn't a vote, who makes the decisions?
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Re: Robot Design: If there isn't a vote, who makes the decisions?
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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
I think it's worth noting that while a decision matrix is a very good guide to help a design team come to a consensus, it's probably unwise to take it as an absolute authority on which design "wins." The numbers generated always have some degree of arbitrariness, and so you should be wary of appealing to "well, this one has a higher score" in the place of detailed discussion.
Numbers in a design matrix should not be very arbitrary. If you can clearly rank attributes of designs then do so, if not then mark them with the same value. Establish a tolerance level (ie 50 pts +/- 4) and anything within that tolerance is a valid design which may be prototyped/implemented. Pick one of these or add a tiebreaker attribute.
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