Analysis and Specification

1. Analysis and Specification AQA GCSE

2. Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken Describe and justify your choices based on your research Use ACCESS FM

3. Analysis & Design Criteria • 2 pages • Layout:

4. ACCESS FM A C C E S S F M Aesthetics – how does it look / feel? – Is this good / bad? Why? Cost – how much does it cost? – Is this good / bad? Why? Customer – who is it aimed at? – Is this suitable? Why? Environment – Is it good for the environment? Why? / Where is it to be used? Why? Size – How big is it? – Is this good / bad? Why? Safety – Is it safe? – Is this good / bad? Why? Function – what does it do? Does it do it well? Why? Material – Is it made from suitable materials? What makes them suitable or not?

5. Aesthetics Write about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you Aesthetics e.g. From my research I found out that most people liked…so… Or e.g. At the moment products tend to have the placement of the barcode…so I should… Use other headings: Cost Enviroment Size Safety Function Material Manufacture USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU Customer Write about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you Analysis

7. Mark Scheme: Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken

8. Aesthetics Write about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you Aesthetics e.g. From my research I found out that most people liked…so… Or e.g. At the moment products tend to have the placement of the barcode…so I should… Use other headings: Cost Enviroment Size Safety Function Material Manufacture USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU Customer Write about what you have learnt from your research and why it is important to you Analysis

9. Design Specification 20 point design specification (minimum) What do you want your product to do / be or have? Use must, should, could and may Use ACCESS FM headings 1 -Aesthetics 1.1 Colour 1.2 Graphics 1.3 Font 2-Customer 2.1 Age range 2.2 Complexity Justify your choices for every point

10. ACCESS FM A C C E S S F M Aesthetics – how does it look / feel? – Is this good / bad? Why? Cost – how much does it cost? – Is this good / bad? Why? Customer – who is it aimed at? – Is this suitable? Why? Environment – Is it good for the environment? Why? / Where is it to be used? Why? Size – How big is it? – Is this good / bad? Why? Safety – Is it safe? – Is this good / bad? Why? Function – what does it do? Does it do it well? Why? Material – Is it made from suitable materials? What makes them suitable or not?

11. Design Specification Aesthetics 1.1 1.2 1.3 Customer 2.1 2.2 Size 3.1 3.2 Function 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Material 5.1 5.2 5.3 Etc

12. Aesthetics 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 etc All points must be justified (say why). It should be influenced from your research. Specific and measurable are best e.g. The board must be no larger than A3 because this is the biggest we can print in school Or e.g. The product should use a sans serif font as the target market preferred that in the survey. Use other headings: Cost Environment Size Safety Function Material Manufacture Moral Social USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU You must do the ones in bold. Customer 2.1 Design Criteria

14. Mark Scheme: Clear and specific design criteria identified, reflecting the analysis undertaken

15. Aesthetics 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 etc All points must be justified (say why). It should be influenced from your research. e.g. The board must be no larger than A3 because this is the biggest we can print in school Or e.g. The product should use a sans serif font as the target market preferred that in the survey. Use other headings: Cost Environment Size Safety Function Material Manufacture Moral Social USE ONLY THE ONE THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU You must do the ones in bold. Customer 2.1 Design Criteria