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How to set up a template for the portfolio
How to set up a template for the portfolio
Have you completed your initial planning? if not go back and get clear on your Massive Action Plan
1. Identification and exploration of the need
1. Identification and exploration of the need
Identifies and provides a detailed exploration of genuine needs and opportunities, justifying the final selection for the development of the MDP
This is the first section of your portfolio it covers the identification and exploration of needs.
This section is a combination of your initial planning task 1 inspiration and task 2 problem and solution and task 3 rapid planning method.
To complete this section successfully you need to identify various problems and explore the needs through research. Each need can be a different market eg, childs toy for hygiene, informational product fo bush fire management etc. Once the needs are identified and opportunities for new solutions are explained you need to justify your final direction. This is your Task 3 Rapid Planning Method.
Steps for success:
Research a minimum of three areas, include sketches of possible solutions and opportunities for future solutions. (Task 1 and Task 2)
Justify your final section. Eg. why you deciding to choose a specific market/problem to address compared to the other ones that were researched. (Task 3)
Remember to use an exemplar (previous student portfolio) to guide your response.
NOTE: You need to evaluate each possible problem using the STEM method below.
Skills: Do you have them ?
Time: How much do you have?
Experience: What experience of the problem do you have?
Materials/Money: how many resources can you access?
There is no point in choosing a problem to solve if you don't have the skill, experience, time or money to do so. For example, you would not design a space suit for more functional us on the international space station. 1 you don't have the skills to do so, 2 you have no experience of space travel, 3 you do not have the time to complete a design this technical and 4 you don't have the money to fund the prototype.
Explore the virtual tour of Shape
Explore the virtual tour of Shape
For more exemplars of previous Major Projects and Portfolios refer to the Year 12 Assessment 3 page click the button below.
2. Area of Investigation
2. Area of Investigation
Describe relevant areas of investigation that relate clearly to the need, and provide direction for further action
Once you have justified the problem you wish to solve in the first part of your portfolio 1. identification and exploration of the need. The next step is to map out all the areas that need to be researched to successfully design solutions. There is a simple process to do this see below.
Steps for success:
Draw a mindmap. Start by hand drawing, this allows for clear thinking and flow in the process without the need to worry about formatting.
Create a digital version of your mind map. Model an exemplar to see how this is done.
For each area of the mind map, describe why each area that needs to be researched and provide a clear plan for how this will be done. Later in the portfolio you will explicitly research and test each area that you have identified in this section.
For more exemplars of previous Major Projects and Portfolios refer to the Year 12 Assessment 3 page click the button below.
Band 6 2018 Area of Investigation Exemplar
Band 6 2018 Area of Investigation Exemplar
Areas of investigation Band 6 2018 Exemplar.pdf“Angus describes a range of relevant areas for further investigation, which clearly relate the need for a relaxing and contemporary chair. These are justified by an indication of why the investigation is required, how it will be undertaken and the likely impact upon the final design. Each area provides Angus direction for future research, experimentation and testing. These are evident through the documentation Angus completed of the project’s development and realisation and the final design.”
3. Criteria to evaluate success
3. Criteria to evaluate success
Establish and analyse appropriate criteria to evaluate the success of the PSE
Hi Brilliant Designers,
"Begin with the end in mind" (Stephon Covey's 7 habits of Highly Effective People).
For anything in life including your major project you need to start with the end result in mind. For your project it is critical, to continually evaluate the progress and success/failure of any design iteration to a specific set of criteria, this reduces time wasted on poor research and development of ideas and improves your likely hood of achieving the result you desire.
Essentially this criteria to evaluate the success of your project is your individual marking guide for your project. If you can write clear enough goals for the end result this helps you determine the success of any stage of your project.
Steps for success:
Open your live portfolio, the exemplar you are modelling and the subject website linked below.
Refer to the exemplars from the website and the initial planning task '3. Massive Action Plan' where you wrote a clear goal for your completed project.
Now in your live portfolio, establish and analyse appropriate criteria to evaluate the success of the major project. You should be modelling an exemplar from the subject website.
Effort Equals Results !
Analysis of the problem, issue or need
Analysis of the problem, issue or need
An early stage of any design process requires a detailed analysis of the problem, issue or need that you have chosen to resolve. A thorough analysis of the design situation should provide you with important information that needs to be included in both the design brief and the criteria for success. Therefore it is important that the context of the problem, need or issue is thoroughly explored.
Questions to pose answer when exploring a problem, need or issue.
What exactly is the problem or need?
Be specific and ‘hone in’ on the actual problem by describing and defining it succinctly.Why does it occur?
Are there specific factors causing the problem, issue or need.
When does the problem or need occur?
Does it only occur at certain times? Does it only occur in certain conditions?
Is the problem, issue or need constant?Who is affected by the problem or need?
Identify what or who is affected in detail
What influences the problem or need?
Are there any specific influences on the problem, need or issue that are important to note?
Where does it occur?
Identify the actual environment this problem, issue or need occurs. Are there any potential other environments it might occur in?
For more exemplars of previous Major Projects and Portfolios refer to the Year 12 Assessment 3 page click the button below.
4. Action Plans: Time and Finance
4. Action Plans: Time and Finance
Formulates and evaluates well-documented action, time and finance plans with clear evidence of their application to the project, system or environment (PSE).
4a. Action Time Plan
4a. Action Time Plan
Time action plans are a visual plan to scaffold your design process for your project. As the name 'time action' describes the plan should indicate the process you intend to take with your project.
NOTE: This is the ACTION PLAN. A simple projection of future time requirements for your project. This could be a series of dot points, a mind map or a table broken down into major steps. Later in the portfolio, you will create a full weekly schedule like a Gantt chart.
The action plan should be used as an ongoing tool for assessment of progress and therefore, used as a management tool to assist in the successful completion of the major project.
Steps for Success
Steps for Success
The timeline plan should show:
A outline of each major section of the design process. Eg. Idea development, Research, Development, Testing, Evaluating etc.
Estimated time of completion of each task, and the actual time of completion of each task.
Any variation to the planned sequence.
An evaluation that explains any future changes or adaptations.
Refer to the exemplars below and read the assessment marking criteria to guide your Time Plan.
For more exemplars of previous Major Projects and Portfolios refer to the Year 12 Assessment 3 page click the button below.
Samples Band 5 and 6
Samples Band 5 and 6
Assessment 1 Sample 2017.pdfAssessment 1 Sample Band 5 2016.pdfAssessment 1 Sample Band 6 2016.pdf
Band 6 2018 Project Development and Realisation
Band 6 2018 Project Development and Realisation
1Project Development and Realisation Band 6 2018 Exemplar.pdf“Keith undertook extensive and appropriate design solution testing to ensure the final product achieved the criteria for success. Design development was sequential with each new iteration based upon the results of the previous test. Keith communicated his results clearly and concisely via the use of photographs, CAD and colour coded evaluations. The testing undertaken was appropriate and relevant, in relation to the identification of the need, and the needs of the target market.”
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