The steps involved with Risk Management.
How to evaluate the effectiveness of Production Processes.Knowledge of appropriate marketing approaches - (5P’s).Australians and International standards - how they affect production and product construction.(Design question) Failing to understand that drawing with pen or just pencil does not provide students with ability to communicate their ideas effectively and is unacceptable.Lack of knowledge of Product Design Factors and their Parameters.Here are some common threads over the years which should be taken note of - Referring to student responses to exam questions, weaknesses mentioned are: Read the examination reports which are published at the end of each exam cycle that highlight strengths and weaknesses. Past VCAA papers are ideal for this, though papers prior to 2012 do not reflect the current study design. Manufacturing processes applicable to the school workshop/studio environmentĬomplete as many revision papers a possible preferably timed.How properties and characteristics of materials influence design.How designers, manufacturers, owners/users place value on product attributes.Qualitative and Quantitative methods of evaluating products.How to develop evaluation criteria for (a) decision matrix (b) finished product & design.How product design factors can be used to develop a design brief.OH&S in relation to manufacturing- risk assessment and management.Obsolescence - style, functional and technical obsolescence (do not use planned obsolescence as a term).What Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) means and the stages an assessment would take.Sustainability systems and their impacts on designing, manufacturing, marketing (C2 cradle to cradle, Design for Disassembly (DfD), Design for the Environment (DfE).Australian and International Standards (voluntary and mandatory standards).How new materials have influenced product design.How computers have influenced product design and manufacturing through rapid prototyping, laser cutting, and computer-aided design (CAD) computer-aided manufacture (CAM), computer numerical control (CNC).
See your teacher or the VCAA website for these study design page references. You need to understand the steps and the activities a designer or manufacturer would undertake at each of the four stages and eleven steps ( study design) which include, Investigating and Defining, Design Development, Planning/Production and Evaluation. You would have taken this journey during the year when developing your major project. The Production Design Process is fundamental to the development of any manufactured product. Know and understand these factors, their parameters and how important they are to the design of products. You used a range of Product Design Factors such as Function, Human Centred Design and Visual Tactile Aesthetic (page 14 study design) to build a design brief, develop evaluation criteria and applied them to product analysis.