One of the major objectives of doing this project is to gain more knowledge about the world around you. You are able to choose from the following three processes: the Maker process, the Engineering Design process, and the Computer Design process.
- The Maker Process
Using this process you will:
- make or invent something
- define your audience
- connect the need to a design goal
- establish the requirements needed for product development
- write up a procedure with preliminary designs
- gather the materials needed
- build a prototype (a model of the product) according to the designs
- gather feedback from your audience
- connect or apply the value of the program to real world situations.
2. The Engineering Design Process
Using this process you will:
- define a need/problem for the product
- connect the need to a design goal
- establish the requirements needed for product development
- write up a procedure with preliminary designs
- gather the materials needed
- build a prototype (a model of the product) according to the designs
- test the prototype; redesign
- connect or apply the value of the prototype to real world situations.
3. The Computer Design Process
Using this process you will:
- define a program need
- connect the need with a design goal
- establish the requirements needed for program development
- write up a series of operations for the program code
- develop the program with a test plan
- conduct several tests according to the test plan for debugging, rewriting, and optimizing the code
- connect or apply the value of the program to real world situations.