work will be completed in order to have a fully functioning prototype. The Phase I R/R&D objectives should include activities to test the usability of the prototype and the initial feasibility of the product concept with the intended end-user. b. Project timeline Explain how the proposed objectives will be accomplished within eight months. A timeline should be included. 3. Phase I work plan Offerors should provide a detailed plan of the technological R/R&D activities that will occur in Phase I, including what will be done, where it will be done, and how it will be carried out. The Phase I R/R&D plan should address the objectives detailed in Section III.F.2. (Phase I Technical Objectives). Offerors should make clear how the work plan addresses each of the objectives. a. Development of the prototype As part of the plan, offerors should describe the R/R&D procedures through which a prototype will be developed and fully functioning. Offerors should describe the procedures that will be used to test and refine the prototype, and for concept testing where users (e.g., students, teachers, service providers) provide feedback after viewing mock-ups detailing the plans for the full product and its intended implementation. For Phase I research, offerors should describe how and when data will be collected, the characteristics of the sample users participating in the research (e.g., students, teachers), and the procedures for analyzing data and drawing conclusions from it. b. Research on the usability of the prototype and the initial feasibility of the product concept At the end of the I period, offerors should describe the research processes that will be used to demonstrate the usability (or functioning) of the prototype when it is used by the anticipated end user (e.g., student, teacher, guidance counselor, speech therapist, administrator). Offerors must also describe research to assess initial feasibility after the prototype is used and the end users are presented the plans or mock-ups for the full product. Such research might involve conducting a small pilot test of the prototype being used in a classroom or school to determine the extent to which the intended user understands or can learn to use the prototype effectively and efficiently and is physically able to use the prototype (usability), and believes this product could be successfully implemented after using the prototype and seeing plans and mock-ups for the for the intended full product concept (initial feasibility).
work will be completed in order to have a fully functioning prototype. The Phase I R/R&D objectives should include activities to test the usability of the prototype and the initial feasibility of the product concept with the intended end-user. b. Project timeline Explain how the proposed objectives will be accomplished within eight months. A timeline should be included. 3. Phase I work plan Offerors should provide a detailed plan of the technological R/R&D activities that will occur in Phase I, including what will be done, where it will be done, and how it will be carried out. The Phase I R/R&D plan should address the objectives detailed in Section III.F.2. (Phase I Technical Objectives). Offerors should make clear how the work plan addresses each of the objectives. a. Development of the prototype As part of the plan, offerors should describe the R/R&D procedures through which a prototype will be developed and fully functioning. Offerors should describe the procedures that will be used to test and refine the prototype, and for concept testing where users (e.g., students, teachers, service providers) provide feedback after viewing mock-ups detailing the plans for the full product and its intended implementation. For Phase I research, offerors should describe how and when data will be collected, the characteristics of the sample users participating in the research (e.g., students, teachers), and the procedures for analyzing data and drawing conclusions from it. b. Research on the usability of the prototype and the initial feasibility of the product concept At the end of the I period, offerors should describe the research processes that will be used to demonstrate the usability (or functioning) of the prototype when it is used by the anticipated end user (e.g., student, teacher, guidance counselor, speech therapist, administrator). Offerors must also describe research to assess initial feasibility after the prototype is used and the end users are presented the plans or mock-ups for the full product. Such research might involve conducting a small pilot test of the prototype being used in a classroom or school to determine the extent to which the intended user understands or can learn to use the prototype effectively and efficiently and is physically able to use the prototype (usability), and believes this product could be successfully implemented after using the prototype and seeing plans and mock-ups for the for the intended full product concept (initial feasibility).
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