VCE Product Design and Technology 2018–2022 Example: Development of evaluation criterion with four parts Evaluation criteria Written as a Justification and Process used to evaluate How the finished product question relevance to the the success of the product could be tested or checked design brief How durable is the The end user has During the research step of I will ask the end-user to test product? asked that the product the Investigating and defining the finished product by last for several years stage, I will find samples of washing and cleaning it, and and that it can be durable materials and test ask them to verify that cleaned without their durability through an durable materials were damage. abrasion test; during the chosen for the product production step of the Planning and production stage I will undertake a cleaning test How well have The end user has During the production step in I will ask the end user to try ergonomics and asked that the product the Planning and production on/use the finished product comfort been be comfortable to stage, I will ask the end-user and confirm that it meets included in the wear/use as they will to try on the product/use the their needs regarding product design? be using it every day at product and I will make any ergonomics and comfort. work required changes to improve ergonomics and comfort. To what extent does The end-user plays in a During the research step of I will ask the end user to the product reflect heavy metal band and the Investigating and defining visually check the finished the end-user’s loves unicorns and stage, I will find images of product to confirm that they theme/interests? would like both of these unicorns and heavy metal are happy with the extent to interests to be visually musicians in order to which the themes of unicorns represented in the incorporate these themes and heavy metal have been design into the visualisations. included.
VCE Product Design and Technology 2018–2022 Example: Development of evaluation criterion with four parts Evaluation criteria Written as a question Justification and relevance to the design brief Process used to evaluate the success of the product How the finished product could be tested or checked How durable is the product? The end user has asked that the product last for several years and that it can be cleaned without damage. During the research step of the Investigating and defining stage, I will find samples of durable materials and test their durability through an abrasion test; during the production step of the Planning and production stage I will undertake a cleaning test I will ask the end-user to test the finished product by washing and cleaning it, and ask them to verify that durable materials were chosen for the product How well have ergonomics and comfort been included in the product design? The end user has asked that the product be comfortable to wear/use as they will be using it every day at work During the production step in the Planning and production stage, I will ask the end-user to try on the product/use the product and I will make any required changes to improve ergonomics and comfort. I will ask the end user to try on/use the finished product and confirm that it meets their needs regarding ergonomics and comfort. To what extent does the product reflect the end-user’s theme/interests? The end-user plays in a heavy metal band and loves unicorns and would like both of these interests to be visually represented in the design During the research step of the Investigating and defining stage, I will find images of unicorns and heavy metal musicians in order to incorporate these themes into the visualisations. I will ask the end user to visually check the finished product to confirm that they are happy with the extent to which the themes of unicorns and heavy metal have been included.