The Design Process

for Year 10 Students

What is Technology?

Technology = Solving problems

This subject revolves around an 11 step process called ‘the design process’

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The design process is what people do when they want to solve a problem

The 11 Steps of the Design Process

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The Design Process

1. Identify the need
2. Design Brief
3. Design Option Criteria + Product Criteria
4. Research
5. Visualisation
6. Design Options and Selection
7. Working Drawings -
8. Production Plan -
9. Production
10. Product Evaluation
11. Production, Planning and Process Evaluation

The Design Process

INVESTIGATING AND DESIGNING

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• Identify the need
• Design Brief - Summarise the need and everything involved with it (people, environment etc.)
• Design Option Criteria + Product Criteria - Define what will best satisfy the need
• Research - What else is out there that is similar? Can we borrow their ideas? Ask questions of materials, techniques. Are there any standards that have to be met?

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The Design Process

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

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5. - Visualisation - Sketch your concepts yourself and jot down your ideas

6 - Design Options and Selection - Create viable drawings of products that will solve the problem, then decide with your criteria which one fits best

7 - Working Drawings - Provide a drawing of what is needed to be built/created

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The Design Process

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION

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8 - Production Plan - Plan the production stage, material list, GANTT chart, etc.

9 - Production - Build your product/prototype

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The Design Process

EVALUATION

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10 - Product Evaluation - Evaluate what you created - Does it solve the problem? How well did you create your product, could it be improved upon?

11 - Production, Planning and Process Evaluation - Evaluation about how you worked, could you do something better next time and did you meet your goal and do what you intended?

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The Design Process

• Identify the need
• Design Brief - Summarise the need and everything involved with it (people, environment etc.)
• Design Option Criteria + Product Criteria - Define what will best satisfy the need
• Research - What else is out there that is similar? Can we borrow their ideas? Ask questions of materials, techniques. Are there any standards that have to be met?
• Visualisation - Sketch your concepts yourself and jot down your ideas
• Design Options and Selection - Create viable drawings of products that will solve the problem, then decide with your criteria which one fits best
• Working Drawings - Provide a drawing of what is needed to be built/created
• Production Plan - Plan the production stage, material list, GANTT chart, etc.
• Production - Build your product/prototype
• Product Evaluation - Evaluate what you created - Does it solve the problem? How well did you create your product, could it be improved upon?
• Production, Planning and Process Evaluation - Evaluation about how you worked, could you do something better next time and did you meet your goal and do what you intended?

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Notes about the Design Process

• The design process is intuitive and it flows chronologically (from start to finish)
• You need to know all of the design processes to use it to its full advantage
• You are supposed to make mistakes in this process. It’s apart of designing, but the process wants you to make them early

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