On February 14 (Valentine's Day, to the dismay of the students!), the class discussed the project moving forward. It was determined that each team (since there is one team for a women's product and one team for a men's product) will create three protoypes--a small, a medium, and a large. Several students have already begun experimenting with their potential fabric choices and construction methods.
The class also talked about the IRB (Institutional Review Board) paperwork, which consists of the submission form and an informed consent form for subject participation. Anytime you work with human subjects where the data you collect may be used outside of the classroom, you need to have approval from the IRB office. It was important that the students participated in this step, as it is part of the process and so that they know the limitations for when testing begins. As a group, the students and faculty made changes to most accurately reflect the protoyping and testing processes that will occur later on in the semester. The students will also be conducting a survey of the participants and had submitted potential questions prior to class. The point of this survey is to more fully understand the needs of the intended market and to identify areas for improvement in the product.
Finally, it was determined that each student will recruit one male and one female to test the products after Spring Break, hopefully from a variety of sizes.
Next week, the students will meet to once again test their fabric samples for stretch and recovery so that they may make final fabric selections and begin constructing prototypes as soon as possible.
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