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How will the project be developed?
HSC Outcome H4.1: identifies a need or opportunity and researches and explores ideas for design development and production of the MDP
This stage of development of the Major Design Project will require students to research, document, experiment, trial, evaluate and manage information related specifically to the design and/or design modification of their chosen project. This will require students to:
- gather ideas of existing designs, existing
solutions that meet similar needs
- research and observe the use of resources
in their chosen project area by visiting industry, commercial
enterprises, research institutions and libraries
- attend specialist open days, industry
exhibitions
- develop criteria that will be used to
evaluate the overall success of the project. (The Criteria should
include functionality, aesthetics, environmental and social aspects)
- considerations, safety, cost, durability,
comparison with existing products, life cycle
- generate ideas for the Major Design
Project through modification of existing designs and/or by original
thought (this will depend on the results of student evaluation
of details collected)
- visualise the design solution by methods
that may include rough sketches, types of technical drawings,
computer-generated drawings, mixed media, modelling, trialling
and experimentation
- presentations and use of models and/or
prototypes
- identify resources required for the
project and compare to those available at school, home and in
the local area. (The investigation should include the types of
materials and the reasons for their choice, the tools required
to assist in the production of the project, the techniques that
will be required to produce the project.)
- identify resource areas not available
at school, home or in the local community
- seek alternative resources if initial
investigations prove to be inappropriate due to factors such
as cost, unavailability, ecological unsustainability
- develop a finance plan that incorporates
the amount student's wish to spend, the budget available, and
a breakdown of projected costs of materials, equipment purchase
or usage outside school and techniques that maybe required in
specialist areas
- evaluate findings, reassess original
ideas and confirm or modify stated project intentions
- develop a timeline to ensure that the
project is feasible in the time available, being sure to include
contingency timing
- test design solutions by conducting experiments and testing materials, tools and techniques
Students should now have a good understanding of what the end result of the project will be, how it will operate, its function and the criteria of which to evaluate the level of its success.
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