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Your Final Piece of written work is also in
some ways the most important as it can get you a lot of marks!
2-4 A4
Sheets
Write an
essay-style evaluation covering the following points:
1.
A brief introduction: ‘My major project in year 11 has
been to design and make a ….’ Or ‘ I have now completed my
charity box project and …
2.
Refer back to your design brief and specification and compare
your final outcome with your original intentions. Has it turned out the way you
wanted? Does it satisfy the brief and the specification?
Which part of the specification were you not able to meet? Discuss in detail why or why not?
3.
Describe the different stages of making your design. What worked
well, what did not? What problems did
you run into and how did you overcome
there? Detail is important at this point. What would you do differently if you
had to do it again?
4.
List any modifications
you have had to make to your design? Why? (A few diagrams/sketches may be
useful here)
5.
At what stages did you consider the ‘quality’ of
your product? What quality Control/Assurance procedures did you use to make
sure that you achieved the best possible quality work? Describe in detail.
(This is IMPORTANT! – many marks!)
6.
If you had to redesign or make your product, what improvements can you think of ensure that
it is of a higher quality? List at least three or four improvements with
justifications. What changes would you have to make if a batch of your product
had to be made?
7.
Is your product cost effective? You have obviously spent many
hours designing and making it but are there unnecessary details or
time-consuming processes involved in making your product? Which parts of your
design could be eliminated to make your design cheaper. Especially if it was to
be put into production.
8.
Test your design. Show it to friends. Family and teachers. Record
their comments. You could even hand out a mini-questionnaire and record results
in pie chart form. What improvements did they suggest? Do you agree?
9.
Finally, end on a positive note with any additional comments
about additional things you may have learnt or comment on your overall
performance in this project with suggestions for how you could have improved
the marks further.
I know this may seem “Long” as
you would put it! Just look at the bright side; this is the end of your
coursework…