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Your logical plan is a work plan, or plan of action. It includes all the tasks you need to do to create your product or solution. You can think of your logical plan like a recipe for cooking or baking.
It's logical because you put the steps in the correct order. For example, if you are baking a cake, you need to buy your ingredients first, then you need to mix them in the right order, and finally you put them in the oven. If you put them in the oven first, and then mix them later, your cake will be all wrong!
Your logical plan should include any materials and resources needed, and it should also include the time estimated for each task. See the example below.
Your logical plan should not include things you have already done, such as your Criterion A research or your Criterion B work. It also should not include the testing you will do later. The logical plan is only the steps/actions you need to take to create your product.
Student Example
This is an example from a student team who was creating a podcast. They had already made a plan for their podcast in Criterion B (such as who they wanted to interview, what questions they would ask, what music they would use). This plan shows only the steps they need to take to create their podcast.
What do you need to do for this part of the Design Cycle?
List the steps, in order, that you need to take to create your product
Add the resources needed (these could be materials or tools)
If you are working on a team, choose which team members are responsible for each task
Add an estimated time for each task. Be realistic!
Hints and Tips for Creating a Logical Plan
When writing the logical plan, you aren't writing a tutorial. That means you don't need to describe every step in full detail. For more technical projects, such as coding a computer program, you may need to include more details. But for most projects, just listing the general steps is enough.
If you have created a strong detailed diagram in Criterion B, that will guide you in creating the logical plan. Look at your detailed diagram and ask yourself "What steps do I need to take, in what order, to create this?" You can list your 'detailed diagram' in the 'resources needed' column of your plan.
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