1. Process:
How do you solve problems?
By
Danish Shaikh
Problem: Suppose you have been hired to re-design the student
lockers at a large public high school. What PROCESS would you use
to tackle this project? Describe the most important steps.

2. Proposed Solution

3. Step 1: Assess the number of students and the number of lockers
required

4. Step 2: Assess the Space Available

5. Step 3: Assess what typically is stored by a student in a
locker (to decide on the capacity of the locker).

6. Step 4: Conduct a survey on what a student would want to
store in a locker which he/she cannot currently do?

7. Step 5: Assess feasibility of the suggestions

8. Step 6: Make an inventory of locks, handles, etc. which can be
reused

9. Step 7: Check for more economical and ecofriendly materials to
construct the new lockers (like plastic/wood instead of the
metal).

10. Step 8: Then taking all of the above into consideration, I would
design lockers that would most efficiently utilise space and
would get constructed with minimum material after exploring
different design options & possible layouts

11. Step 9: Prototype and keep testing till the final design is
approved.

12. Step 10: Construct the lockers & sign-off