Analysis and Specification

AQA GCSE

Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken

Describe and justify your choices based on your

research

Use ACCESS FM

Analysis & Design Criteria

• 2 pages• Layout:

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FM

Aesthetics – how does it look / feel? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Cost – how much does it cost? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Customer – who is it aimed at? – Is this suitable? Why?

Environment – Is it good for the environment? Why? / Where is it to be used? Why?

Size – How big is it? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Safety – Is it safe? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Function – what does it do? Does it do it well? Why?

Material – Is it made from suitable materials? What makes them suitable or not?

ACCESS FM

AestheticsWrite about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you

CustomerWrite about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you

Use other headings:CostEnviromentSizeSafetyFunctionMaterialManufacture

USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU

Analysis

Aestheticse.g. From my research I found out that most people liked…so…Ore.g. At the moment products tend to have the placement of the barcode…so I should…

Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken

Mark Scheme:

AestheticsWrite about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you

CustomerWrite about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you

Use other headings:CostEnviromentSizeSafetyFunctionMaterialManufacture

USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU

Analysis

Aestheticse.g. From my research I found out that most people liked…so…Ore.g. At the moment products tend to have the placement of the barcode…so I should…

Design Specification•20 point design specification (minimum)•What do you want your product to do / be or have?•Use must, should, could and may•Use ACCESS FM headings1 -Aesthetics1.1 Colour1.2 Graphics1.3 Font2-Customer2.1 Age range2.2 Complexity

•Justify your choices for every point

ACCESS

FM

Aesthetics – how does it look / feel? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Cost – how much does it cost? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Customer – who is it aimed at? – Is this suitable? Why?

Environment – Is it good for the environment? Why? / Where is it to be used? Why?

Size – How big is it? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Safety – Is it safe? – Is this good / bad? Why?

Function – what does it do? Does it do it well? Why?

Material – Is it made from suitable materials? What makes them suitable or not?

ACCESS FM

Design Specification

Aesthetics 1.11.21.3

Customer2.12.2

Size3.13.2

Function4.14.24.34.44.5

Material5.15.25.3

Etc

Aesthetics1.11.21.31.4etc

Customer2.1

Use other headings:CostEnvironmentSizeSafetyFunctionMaterialManufactureMoralSocial

USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU

You must do the ones in bold.

Design Criteria

All points must be justified (say why).It should be influenced from your research.Specific and measurable are best

e.g. The board must be no larger than A3 because this is the biggest we can print in school

Or

e.g. The product should use a sans serif font as the target market preferred that in the survey.

Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken

Mark Scheme:

Aesthetics1.11.21.31.4etc

Customer2.1

Use other headings:CostEnvironmentSizeSafetyFunctionMaterialManufactureMoralSocial

USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU

You must do the ones in bold.

Design Criteria

All points must be justified (say why).It should be influenced from your research.

e.g. The board must be no larger than A3 because this is the biggest we can print in school

Or

e.g. The product should use a sans serif font as the target market preferred that in the survey.