Strategies for evaluation

1. Strategies for evaluation EVALUATION is an essential part of the design process Some images courtesy .www.bodieandfou.com & www.wheredidyoubuythat.com.

2. We are going to: • look at how and why designers evaluate their products. In this unit we are going to look at possible strategies to help you to evaluate your products effectively. • look at how you can evaluate your products. Strategies for EVALUATION

3. An opportunity for you to evaluate your storage product

4.  Very good 1.  Satisfactory 2. Must store 10 Nintendo DS games 3. Must be portable  Poor etc ………………………………………… . Task 1 – Evaluate your product in relation to your design specification Look at your design specification for the storage product and decide if you have achieved each of the specification points. The product must look attractive and have shapes and colours to match the style/ look of a teenagers bedroom

5. Task 1 – Evaluate your product in relation to your design specification You could create a specification grid as shown below:    Not good Satisfactory Very good

6. Task 2 - Testing the product Testing the product to see if it functions effectively. i.e. hold 10 computer games

7. Questionnaire What do you think of the appearance of the product? What do you think of the materials used? How does the product function? Task 3 – Opinion of your target group If your target group are teenagers, you could pass the product around the class and ask for their opinion. Or creating a quick questionnaire to get the opinion of your target group.

8. Asking the right questions to the people evaluating your product is an important skill. Look at the food mixers below. Working in small groups, think of possible questions that could be asked to find out what they think about the products below. • You might like to consider questions related to: • function • appearance/aesthetics • materials • ease of handling • ease of cleaning

9. Developing questions to ask the target group. Working in small groups, think of possible questions that could be asked to find out what people/evaluators think about the products below.

10. An opportunity to reflect what has been discussed. When evaluating your product, you may like to think about using some of the following strategies: • evaluating your product against your design specification. • testing the performance of your product. • finding out what the target group think • drafting notes or sketches on how to make the product better.