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Unit 3: Designing with empathy
Quick questions on IA2 human-centred design project in QCE Design Unit 3
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What are tracing features to needs?Show answer
The single most important quality in a strong IA2 is traceability. Every feature of the resolved design should connect back to an identified user need, and the folio should make that line visible. When a marker reads it, they check the chain: this person needs X (evidenced here), so the criterion is Y, so the design does Z. A feature with no need behind it is either unjustified or a sign the designer drifted toward what interested them rather than the user.
What is the justification as climax?Show answer
The project ends in evaluation and justification. You judge the resolved proposal against each criterion, with evidence from testing, and justify how the design meets the user's needs. Because the criteria came from evidenced needs, meeting them is the same as serving the person - which is the whole purpose of human-centred design. This justification is where the top-band marks sit, so it deserves the most care.
What is features with no need?Show answer
Every feature must trace to an evidenced need. Anything that does not signals drift away from the user.
What is narrow ideation?Show answer
A project has room for a genuine range of distinct concepts. Three similar sketches waste the develop phase.
What is a weak justification?Show answer
The evaluation against criteria is the climax and the top-band marks. Judge each criterion with evidence and tie it back to the person.
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