Use primary and secondary data to understand client and/or user needs
How the following techniques are used and applied:
market research, interviews and human factors including ergonomics
focus groups and product analysis and evaluation
the use of anthropometric data and percentiles.
MATHS & SCIENCE
Analysing responses to user questionnaires.
Frequency tables and information on design decisions.
Presentation of client survey responses.
Percentiles ranges used in anthropometrics and/or ergonomics.
How to write a design brief and produce a design and manufacturing specification
Students should consider their own needs, wants and interests and those of others.
Use primary and secondary data to understand client and/or user needs
Why a designer considers alterations to a brief and modifying the brief as required.
MATHS & SCIENCE
Comparative chart of performance criteria as for existing products to help evaluate them.