to prepare the project scope and initial requirements and assumptions for a new Interface Design project for a SMART Home Heating control panel as outlined in the SMART Home Heating Problem case study.

Task

 

You are to prepare the project scope and initial requirements and assumptions for a new Interface Design project for a SMART Home Heating control panel as outlined in the SMART Home Heating Problem case study.

 

You are to prepare a Project Brief for this project. The project brief will set the basis for the rest of your assignment work in ITC504.

 

You should approach this project as a “blue sky” project. That is, you are going to design and develop an interface that is different to those that you have previously worked on. This means that your planning will necessarily be somewhat more diffident as you will be doing research during the planning and design process to achieve your design aims.

 

Your project brief should include the following sections:

 

1. Overview
2. Vision
3. Scope
4. Outcomes
5. Key assumptions
6. Objectives, Outputs and Targets
7. Success Criteria

 

The project brief should concentrate on the Overview, Vision, Scope, Outcomes and Key Assumptions at this stage. These sections define your vision for the project and should be reasonably well developed.

 

The Objectives and Success Criteria may not be well known at this stage, but some effort should be made to determine what they are. These will be added to later in the project.

 

Your project brief is NOT to exceed 2 pages in length.

 

Rationale

 

This assignment covers the following objectives for this subject:

 

be able to explain the relevance of integrating aspects of the human, social and organisational context into the design process;

be able to list and explain the importance of the principles of design that are applicable to the design of an interface;

be able to design a user interface to meet a given set of requirements;

 

Marking Criteria

 

Task	HD	DI	CR	PS	FL
Overview	Comprehensive overview that clearly articulates the project vision, outcomes, scope & assumptions	Thorough overview that articulates the project vision, outcomes, scope & assumptions	Detailed overview that conveys the project vision, outcomes, scope & assumptions	Adequate overview that gives a good idea of the project vision, outcomes, scope & assumptions	Inadequate or incomplete that does not convey or does not have the project vision, outcomes, scope or assumptions
Vision	Comprehensive vision statement that clearly states a solution	Thorough vision statement that openly describes a solution	Detailed vision statement that defines a solution	Adequate vision statement that describes a solution	Inadequate or incomplete vision statement that does not state a solution
Scope	Comprehensive scope statement	Thorough scope statement	Detailed scope statement	Adequate scope statement	Inadequate or incomplete scope statement
Outcomes	Comprehensive statement of outcomes to be achieved	Thorough statement of outcomes to be achieved	Detailed statement of outcomes to be achieved	Adequate statement of outcomes to be achieved	Inadequate or incomplete statement of outcomes to be achieved
Assumptions	Comprehensive set of assumptions	Thorough set of assumptions	Detailed set of assumptions	Adequate set of assumptions	Inadequate, incomplete or no set of assumptions
Presentation	Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar

 

Marking Guide

 

Question	Possible marks	Score
Overview	10
Vision	10
Scope	10
Outcomes	10
Assumptions	10
Presentation	(-5)
Total	50
Final Mark	10