H4.3 evaluates the processes undertaken and the impacts of • project evaluation _ the importance of ongoing evaluation _ how you use criteria set early in the project to evaluate throughout the process and the end productcriteria to evaluate success (analysing criteria forevaluation) _ how we can evaluate the impact of the major design project _ on the individual _ on society _ on the environment (local and global) _ in relation to potential social or environmental costs or benefits how designers evaluate the impact of the major design project _ on the individual _ on society _ on the environment (local and global) _ in relation to potential social or environmental costs or benefits (life cycle analysis)


The Importance of on going Evaluation

It is imperative for designers to have on going evaluation This evaluation can come in the form of week-by-week time/action plans and journals which keep a record of the progress made. At the start of the design project a designer must set out a time/action plan in which he states achievable goals and a time frame to do these in. the purpose of the journal, or weekly evaluation is to keep this under control and on track. Without this the time/action plan blows out and the product then becomes void. The on going evaluation also helps with the presentation of the end product. This is important with communication ideas and problems which are encountered in the design process. It there have been any extra costs in the design process the entrepreneur will want to know the reasons for this. The on going evaluation shows them this. There are always going to be problems throughout the design process and this is just one method of communicating this. It is a major part of design and all changes, however minor should be documented in this way. Even if the product is floorless and has no real problems it is still crucial that u keep a weekly evaluation of ur design process. How you use criteria set in the early stages of the project to then evaluate throughout the process and the end product. Analysing your criteria to evaluate success. The best and most simple example of testing and evaluating success is the dynamite fishing analogy; sure you will catch fish, but is it appropriate? Is there not a better and/or safer way to do this? This is where the analysing of the criteria comes into play. The general criteria which is used for evaluation is:

• Cost
• Safety
• Functionality
• Aesthetics
• Material characteristics.

This is also covered in appropriateness of the design solution but is also very relevant in the evaluation stages of design. Products such as the FCS fin have been put thorough rigorous testing in order to obtain the best possible product. The FCS fin was put through many tests during the evaluation process. “Through a collaboration of hydrodynamic and materials experts, manufacturing consultants, some of the world’s premier surfers including world champions Kelly Slater and Tom Carroll, fin makers and the team at Surf Hardware International, the program melded scientific rigour, testing and known design wisdom to produce one of the fastest and most hydro-dynamically efficient surfboard fins in the world,” “The designers have achieved the impossible…this product has been refined to perfection.” This refining was all during the evaluation stages and it is easy to see that with thorough tesing and evaluating of function is it possible to create a perfect product.

How we can evaluate the impact of the major design project?

We hope that is will impact society, we hope that it will affect the individual; we hope that our project will impact someone. Traditionally during the design process the environment and the adverse affect has been forgotten. These days there is much more importance placed on the environment and environmental implications. The best way to analyse this is evaluation. There are many ways in which we can evaluate the impact on societyIt is safe to say that designers design for the sole purpose of bettering the society of a whole. This of the designers of the fist computers, they impacted the individual, the society, the world and the environment all in one Research and surveys also show a general idea of how the product has, or will impact the society. There are two main ways in which this can be researched these include quantitative, qualitative.


The costs and benefits on the environment and the society.

The cost of the product is hard to define as the costs can be sectioned into short term and long term. Again, the best way to analyse this in the initial stages of the design process is the life cycle analysis or cradle to grave analysis.
in relation to potential social or environmental costs or benefits (life cycle analysis)
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