Major Project

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How do you move from an initial idea to a resolved, achievable Major Project design, and how do you justify your decisions about needs, function, materials and feasibility in the folio?

Identify a need and develop a Major Project design that addresses it, including research, generating and evaluating ideas, functional and aesthetic requirements, material and process selection, and a feasibility assessment that justifies the chosen solution

Design and development phase of the HSC Industrial Technology Major Project. Identifying a need, research, idea generation and evaluation, functional and aesthetic requirements, material and process selection, modelling and a feasibility assessment that justifies the chosen design.

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What must the Major Project management folio contain, how should it be structured and presented, and how does it communicate the design, management and evaluation of the project to the examiner?

Produce a management folio that documents the design, development, management, production and evaluation of the Major Project, structured and presented clearly to communicate the project and meet NESA folio requirements

HSC Industrial Technology management folio. What the folio must contain, how to structure design, management, production and evaluation sections, presentation and communication standards, NESA folio requirements, and how the folio is marked alongside the project itself.

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How do you plan, schedule, resource and monitor the production of a Major Project so that it is completed safely, on time and within budget, and how is that management evidenced in the folio?

Plan and manage the production of a Major Project, including time and action plans, financial planning and costing, ordering and managing resources, monitoring progress, and managing risk and safety throughout construction

Managing the HSC Industrial Technology Major Project. Time and action plans, Gantt charts, financial planning and costing, ordering and managing resources, monitoring progress against the schedule, and managing risk and safety so the project finishes on time and on budget.

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How do you produce the Major Project to a high standard, controlling accuracy, construction quality and finish, and how do quality and finishing decisions affect the final result?

Produce the Major Project to a high standard of construction, applying accurate marking out, fabrication and assembly, quality control throughout production, and appropriate finishing processes that suit the materials and intended use

Producing the HSC Industrial Technology Major Project to a high standard. Accurate marking out and fabrication, construction quality, in-process quality control, tolerances, and finishing processes for timber, metal, graphics and multimedia outcomes that suit the materials and intended use.

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