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2. Reopen the source and correct the first mistake or omission you find.
3. Add one example and one question to test whether you can apply the idea.

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Topics in the resource inventory

• The design process: an iterative model for developing a product, system or environment
• Factors affecting design: function, aesthetics, ergonomics, safety, quality, cost, durability, obsolescence, materials
• Designers, end users and creative thinking: roles, attributes, collaboration and meeting user needs
• Defining the need and writing the statement of intent / design brief for the Major Design Project
• Project management for the MDP: action plans, timelines, Gantt charts and budgeting
• Work health and safety and quality management when planning the MDP
• Research for design: primary and secondary sources, and analysing data to guide decisions
• Developing ideas: experimentation, prototyping/modelling and communicating designs (including CAD)
• Production: processes, material/tool selection and scale of production
• Emerging manufacturing technologies, quality control and realising the MDP to a high standard
• Formative and summative evaluation: judging the project against the original need
• Evaluation criteria, resource management and documenting it in the folio
• Marketing the design project: target markets, the marketing mix and sustainable packaging
• Innovation vs invention: selecting a case study and the factors behind its success
• The designer, entrepreneurship, marketing strategy and why innovations succeed or fail
• Social impact: how innovation reshapes Australian society and lifestyle
• Environmental impact: life cycle analysis, sustainability and renewable energy
• Contemporary emerging technologies and their influence on designers and society
• Ethics, data privacy and intellectual property in design
• The impact of AI on designers, appropriateness of technology and the designer's responsibilities