The development of the new Skil® Multi-Tasker

Abstract

This thesis describes the graduation process and result for the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) from the Delft University of Technology. This graduation project accomplishes the masters degree Integrated Product Design (IPD). The project starts with an analysis of the current tool and its context. This phase of the process is meant to get to know the subject, gather insights and to get used to the jargon. After the analysis a research is executed. This research contains two parts, a theoretical part and a field research. The theoretical research is to investigate the context of the tool further. The field research is done to find user insights, experiences and demands or needs. These findings provide stepping stones for the development of a new power tool. To be sure the research is used properly in the design the data from the research is structured and analyzed. After this analysis the main findings are used in the ideation phase to develop new product ideas. Potential ideas are made to process the user insights in the new tool. High potential ideas are elaborated and finally compared to each other. When this is done, a final product idea is realized. The realization ends up with a prototype. This prototype is used for product validation and recommendations The final result is a prototype and its validation. These two parts of the result create a stepping stone for further steps in the product development process for Skil. The prototype is a fully functional product and can be used for tests. The validation is done using the prototype and provides user experience about this usage and functionality of this prototype.