Planning

Before you can begin, you need to know where you're going and what you're aiming for.

Let's look at the Assessment Objectives...

Personal Project Criteria.pdf

All Personal Project Criteria

1. Develop Criteria for your Product

Use the knowledge you have gained from investigating to identify the features your final product should have.

The criteria is so important that it comes up three times in your assessment objectives. In Criterion B (Planning), you are asked to create the criteria; in Criterion C (Taking Action) you need to use the criteria when creating your product; in Criterion D (Reflection) you are required to evaluate your product against your criteria. In short, it's really important that you take the time to create detailed and rigorous criteria.

You have probably created criteria for products in design class. How can you adapt this skill to your project? Start by asking yourself "If I'm successful, what will my project look like?" Remember to consider your topic, community, and product.

Developing your SMART CRITERIA for PP Product

ACCESS FM Guide Sentence Starters

Designing criteria MYP – Personal Project.pdf

Tips when writing Criteria (Specifications) for the PP

Some PP student criteria examples...

Criterion B Strand i Appendix Example TH2

Criterion B Strand i Appendix Example CV

Reflecting on your criteria

Don't forget that your criteria should reflect the research you did in the investigate stage. In your process journal, consider what you learned from your research about the features of your project. Don't forget to cite your sources!

Example: “After reading Beth Williams’ article ‘Rad Music Videos’ (NME, 2015) she noted that Single Ladies is so successful, because it was shot in black and white. Therefore I decided that my music video would also be shot in black and white”

Example: “After analyzing the cost of soccer balls on Target’s website (Appendix 5) I realized that they cost between $5 and $25. Therefore, mine would cost no more than $25”

2a. Plan your Process

A plan is essential for getting you to the finish line. It's up to you to determine the best kind of plan for you and your self-management style. Here are some ideas and tools to get you started.

FIS PP Important Dates

How to make an action plan

How to create a GANTT chart

Use Trello for planning and tracking

2b. Record your Process

Ensure that you track your process in your journal as you go. Take some time each week to check your plan and mark your actual progress against your plan. If you use an app like trello to help you track your process it's a good idea to take regular screenshots so you have a record of each step.

3. Demonstrate Self-Management Skills

Completing a personal project on top of doing all your regular school work requires extensive self-management skills. How are you demonstrating yours? Your process journal needs reflections that show how you are developing these skills. For more information about which self-management skills you are required to demonstrate, and suggestions for how to show evidence of these, look at the ATL skills section of the Process Journal Info page.

So your project has gone off-track, and looks nothing like your plan? It happens to all of us.

The important thing is not to panic. Resilience is an ATL skill too, and being able to adapt your plan when life gets in the way or your project fails is demonstrating a very important self-management skill.

Check in with your supervisor and ask them for advice for getting back, and then take this opportunity to reflect in your journal.

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Process Journal Checklist

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