Evaluation should include constraints and criteria related to
- ethical and legal issues
- environmental effects
- societal effects
- sustainability
- cost and budget
- manufacturability (e.g., scaling up)
- time requirements and limitations
- resources needed, including their availability.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why should one analyze the constraints and criteria of the various solutions?
- What might be the consequences of not analyzing the constraints and criteria?
- Why is sustainability an important issue?
- How do constraints and criteria change due to time limitations?