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Assignment 3c: Final Report
Deliverables Approx 2000 – 3000 words
(excluding references, title page, table of contents, appendices).
Due Date & Value See Assessment Overview in CUC 106 Learnline site.
Marking Criteria See Assessment Overview in CUC 106 Learnline site.
Note that Criteria differ depending on Group Role.
Task Overview Description & Relevance to Project
Write a group report that describes your design project. It should be a ‘stand-alone’ document presenting your design, and demonstrating its feasibility from a technical, cultural and environmental point of view.
It might help to imagine it’s for submission to a potential funding body such as a government or a Non-Government Organisation, who would use it to decide whether to fund your design.
NOTE: You’re encouraged to re-use parts of your previous assignments for this Unit, but it is expected that improvements will have been made where needed.
Requirements Your report needs to be presented professionally in the following format:
• Single document, MS word or PDF format.
• Header/footer on each page, with page number & student numbers.
Use the following structure for your report, with sub-headings as appropriate:
1 Assessment Cover Sheet
2 Title page, with:
(i) Design Project title (ie. “Design of a …”)
(ii) Group details in a table, listing names, student numbers, and each group member’s role (Coordinator/Researcher/Designer)
3 Contents Page
4 Introduction, with:
(i) Project Justification – 1 or 2 paragraphs that ‘set the scene’ for your project and why it is necessary.
(ii) Project Aim – 1 or 2 sentences detailing what your design project sets out to achieve. (Be quite specific).
(iii) Project Scope – inclusions, exclusions, constraints, assumptions, and key deliverables of your design project.
(iv) Purpose of this Report – in 1 or 2 sentences, describe how this specific document relates to your project, and what it covers.
5 Problem Description/Context
(i) The issue or problem your design project is looking to address. You need to provide sufficient facts & info to convince the reader that your project is not misguided, ie. that you understand the current situation, and the needs / problems involved.
(ii) A description of the specific users / target of your design, and the specific needs your design intends to meet. The more specific you can be in describing these users and the relevant needs, the better. (eg. Depending on project: Typical electricity usage? Waste profile? Literacy rates? Water usage figures?)
(iii) Existing approaches / products / technologies you have discovered that might be applicable here (how & why?).
6 Evaluation of Alternatives
(Note: Depending on what alternatives you considered, it may make more sense to include this section before, within, or after, the ‘Design Concept’ section. This is up to you.)
(i) Briefly (in 1-2 sentences) describe the alternatives that were evaluated using the Decision Matrix (see Voland, Ch10 “Design Evaluation”)
(ii) Briefly explain & justify the criteria, rankings, weightings and rating schemes that you used in developing the Decision Matrix.
(iii) Present the Decision Matrix developed for the evaluation
(iv) Provide a summary and analysis of the outcome (1-2 paragraphs).
7 Design Concept, using suitable sub-headings:
(i) A description of your design.
• Start with an overview, then discuss the various aspects / components in more detail.
• Mention general construction, materials, functionality, required equipment, etc.
• You should include clearly labelled pictures of the model and/or sketches and/or drawings that you think convey your concept best.
(ii) A list of the 5 main requirements of the design.
Eg. “Must function in all weather”, “Must accommodate 35 students”, “Must provide 55kW of electrical power”.
(iii) A list of the 5 main limitations or possible improvements for your design.
(iv) Estimated final costs of the ‘real-world’ design (not the model/prototype) in Australian dollars. Costs need only be approximate for large-scale projects, but remember estimates always need some form of justification or basis.
8 Feasibility, using suitable sub-headings:
(i) Discussion and justification of the feasibility & sustainability of your design from a cultural, environmental and technical point of view with key areas of strength & weakness (or uncertainty) identified.
9 Conclusion
10 References
Must be CDU Harvard method, with correct formatting.
11 Appendix A: Reflection on Project Management (300 – 400 words)
(a) Each person to separately describe: what was the most successful aspect of the management of your project/group? Why?
(b) Each person to separately describe: what was the major difficulty you faced with the management of the project/group? What steps could you take to avoid this in future?
Preparation For the final report:
All members of the group is responsible for:
• Writing a reflections on the project management (Appendix A)
Each individual is responsible for fulfilling their assigned role as follows:
• Group coordinator/editor: the Introduction, Evaluation of Alternatives, and Conclusion. As always the coordinator is also responsible for combining the parts and the overall report presentation (ensuring it has a title page etc) and that it is edited.
• Researcher: Problem Description section, Feasibility section, and reference list.
• Prototype designer: Design Concept section.
Submission • Submit 1 document only
• See the ‘Assessments’ section of Learnline for instructions.
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