*This sections layout/ content is open to depending on the breadth/ complexity of the students project
Criterion 1: Identification of a need or opportunity with an analysis leading to a design brief
TASK ANALYSIS (5 Marks) INDITIFYING A NEED (inc Situation, interview with client, Design Brief) TASK ANALYSIS USER PROFILE MIND MAP Criterion 2: Research into the design brief resulting in a specification RESEARCH (10 marks) RESEARCH PLAN PRODUCT ANALYSIS PRODUCT DISSASSEMBLY MOOD BOARDS (Existing Products, Materials) QUESTIONNAIRE SITE SURVEY (Where product will be kept) SHOP VISIT (fact finding, primary research of existing products) RESEARCH ANALYSIS SPECIFICATION Criterion 3: Generation and exploration of design ideas DESIGN (20 marks) 8 DESIGN IDEAS (3D, Colour, Thick/ Thin Line, Materials, Sizes, Possible manufacturing methods) CLIENT EVALUATION OF EACH DESIGN IDEAS SELF EVALUATION OF EACH IDEA EVALUATION OF EACH IDEA AGAINST SPECIFICATION Criterion 4: Development of proposed solution DEVELOPMENT (15 marks)* CHOOSE BEST IDEA AND DEVELOP IT ITTERATIVELY 2-4 TIMES (can be done by hand as well as CAD, get clients feedback) CHOOSE BEST ITTERATIVE IDEA & MODEL IN COMPLIANT MATERIALS (get clients feedback and document through photography) MATERIAL TESTING OF BEST IDEA’S COMPONENTS/ JOINTS/FIXING AND/OR OTHER FEATURES USING RESISTANT MATERIALS (i.e. test joints in timber, filing, bending of sheet metals etc.) FINAL DESIGN PROPOSAL (drawn up in CAD) Criterion 5: Planning for production PLANNING (10 marks) PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING PLAN FLOW CHART ISOMETRIC EXPLODED DRAWING 3RD ANGLE ORTHAGRAPHIC PROJECTION FINAL CUTTING LIST Criterion 6: Product realisation MAKING (30 Marks) Classification: Internal
VISUAL/ MAKING DIARY (imagery showing the whole sequence of making)
FINAL PRODUCT (imagery) Criterion 7: Testing and evaluation EVALUATION (10 Marks) OBJECTIVE TESTING CLIENT REVIEW STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSESS FINAL CONCLUSIONS FURTHER IMPROVEMNETS