Scrutinizing the world around you, work in teams of two to identify five
interesting examples with digital pictures of forcing functions. They may
be very simple (mechanical) mechanisms, or more sophisticated combinations
of technologies, that inhibit and discourage a user from providing certain
undesirably input parameters by making it difficult to achieve the necessary
state to specify them. More generally, a forcing function may limit or inhibit
certain undesirably user behavior.
In each case state the presumed purpose of your example, and discuss how
effectively the forcing function achieves it. For two of your examples that are
not entirely satisfactory, describe the shortcomings and how you would
modify the forcing function to improve its performance, possibly overcoming the
described deficiency.
By the project due date, turn in one .pdf file
to cs5540 assign4. Be sure to put the names and logins of
both team members on the cover page of the presentation
< sample cover page >. Indicate the
team member's name who provided each set of examples, and the improvements.
That is, after discussing ideas within the team, each team member should
have an individual response section giving 5 examples plus 2 improvement
discussions. Only hand-in once under either team member's name.
Please apply the below template to generate the filename and
faithfully conform to the following handin convention:
handin cs5540 assign4
forcingFunc_teamMemberName1_
teamMemberName2.pdf
