Your lesson
≈ 165 min
Lesson 4 · Weeks 5–7
Generating, developing & testing design ideas
What you'll learn
Generate four alarm-system design ideas, evaluate each with PMI, choose two to test, and pick the strongest to take forward as your project.
What you're doing today
- Review the design brief and complete the KWL chart; complete an IPO chart for the project; brainstorm possible solutions.
- Generate four design ideas — each with a name, an end-use application and an IPO chart — and evaluate each with Plus / Minus / Interesting (PMI), using class work and internet research as stimulus.
- Complete the time/action plan and finance plan; list component-sourcing websites.
- Test two ideas in class (insert a screenshot of the code into the folio), evaluate each with PMI, and justify the final selection by linking it to the design brief and criteria for success; draw the flowchart and write the pseudocode for the chosen design.
Before you pack up
Why did you pick the design you're taking forward, in terms of the design brief and the criteria for success?
