Projectile Launcher Design Reflection

After having done several projects, I think, overall, instead of getting more confident about the design process, we are more used to how the design process function and take place in projects. Instead of looking at the design process chart and follow each step on the list, we are naturally following, or at least touch base on, each step. This is also one of the changes that I've experienced. During my first project which was the FTC robotics competition, our group's writeup was based on each step of the design process. And now, we are getting much less constrained by the steps, and have gotten more attentive to how each step relates to each other. And, i think, this is why the design process cycle is cyclical and iterative. For example, we might be constantly thinking of how we can improve our design during not only the brainstorm step, but maybe even the exploring possibilities step or the modeling step. We might also be making changes to our design during the CAD modeling if we realize something don't work out. And I think this is important because in order to make sure a design work out, we need to constantly be making changes and improving our design and going back to other steps necessary instead of being so defined by the steps being told to follow.

This project seems to be very similar to our last project but on a smaller scale. And since it's a pretty standard project, it should involve all the steps in the design process, so i don't think it is particularly more difficult or easier than previous projects.