The Design Cycle (Michael Share)
Inquiring and Analyzing
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make the research your priority, the research is the most important part
analyse everything about your idea that you've come up with
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develop a design plan for your project/assignment
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justify the need for your desired idea why did you choose it whats the impact
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Developing Ideas
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come up with a design specification that will benefit you
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think of interesting design ideas that will interest you
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Then choose a specific design idea that you find to be the best
come up with a drawing of a diagram to help you with the process
Creating the solution
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create a well done logical plan
show your max potential with your technical skills
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follow the plan which will lead you too a solution
search for changes that were made in the project
Evaluating
come up with great testing methods
was the solution successful what was the outcome
did the solution resolve/improve itself or did things still not go right
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what was the impact of the solution good, bad.
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