Evaluating Solutions to Engineering Problems

To write code

To sell products

To design and build solutions to specific problems

To manage teams

To increase project costs

To make the process more complicated

To have backup options if one solution fails

To impress their clients

Flipping a coin

Asking friends

Listing pros and cons

Guessing

Rope

Helium tank

Wood

Water

Balloons are too colorful

Balloons are too expensive

Balloons are too small

Balloons filled with regular air won't lift a person

It requires too many umbrellas

It is too slow

It leaves no hands free to carry other items

It is too expensive

The gorge is too wide for a small umbrella

Umbrellas are too heavy

Umbrellas are too expensive

The weather is too unpredictable

A boat

A ladder

A rope

A tent

It is the fastest option

It requires no testing

It allows for reuse of materials on the other side

It is the cheapest option

All solutions are equally good

Some solutions are better than others

The first solution is always the best

Engineers should never test their solutions