The Design Cycle re-re-re-visited

Today, I'd like you to do some research on the Design Cycle, in order to remind ourselves about exactly what it is. We'll go through the website here, and take a look at this student example. After that, it is your responsibility to find three links to share in a post on your page and answer the following questions:

1) How is the Design Cycle a useful tool for IT?

2) What part of the process seems to be the most useful and why?

3) If you could eliminate one part of the Design Cycle, which part would it be and why?

(Make sure you TAG and CATEGORIZE your posts with IT 7, 8, or 9, and any other things you think might fit [ie. Design Cycle, MYP, etc])

Finally, find TWO posts on other pages and leave a comment for them (the links will be available to you through my blog).

 

For your reference, here is the Design Cycle:

 

The design Cycle

 

1. 1.    Investigation

1. Situation

• What is the task?


• What AOI


• Who is the client?  -


• Brainstorm what is the client needs?

2. Interview client – photos / Summary

3. Case Study – 3 Existing ideas

4. How it is made ie plywood’s , acrylics

5. Materials – Joints – fixtures- fittings

6. How does this (POSSIBLY) effect our environment and society

7. Design Brief (I am going to design and make ………)

8. Specification – test against specification (suggest ways you are going to test your end product, 3 or more tests)

9. Summary of Investigation.

1. Sources.  Reference to diagrams and text.  Min 10 sources

 

1. 2.    Design

1. Design 6 ideas

2. Evaluate against specification

3. Development à meet specification (improve your chosen design, add notes materials sizes and use colour)

4. Working drawing – (plan front and side view and dimensions)

5. 3D design of Final ideas justified – (3D view of drawing)

 

1. 3.    Plan

1. Step by step - Process for making

2. Gantt chart - Time management

3. Evaluate the plan

 

1. 4.    Create

1. Manufacture

2. Documented evidence (Process journal) à VIP Take photos (lots), Sketches, diagrams and document any modifications in process journal

 

1. 5.    Evaluation

1. Meeting Specifications

2. Carry out tests Product testing.

3. Successful Points and Least Successful Points

4. Modifications/Improvements

5. Peer to Peer

6. What does the client think?

7. Evaluating My Performance at Each Stage of the Design Cycle.

8. The Impact to society.

9. The Impact on the Environment.