My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A Level Design and Technology: Product Design
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Part 1 Product design
1 Identifying requirements
1.1 Exploring the context of a design solution
1.2 Stakeholder analysis
1.3 Considering usability when designing prototypes
2 Learning from existing products and practice
2.1 Analysing and evaluating products
2.2 Technological developments in product design
2.3 Past and present developments in product design
2.4 Lifecycles of products
3 Implications of wider issues
3.1 Factors to consider when investigating design possibilities
3.2 Factors to consider when developing design solutions for manufacture (A Level)
3.3 Factors to consider when manufacturing products (A Level)
3.4 Factors to consider when distributing products to markets (A Level)
3.5 How skills and knowledge from other subject areas inform decisions
4 Design thinking and communication
4.1 Annotated 2D and 3D sketching and digital tools
4.2 Use of digital design tools by industry professionals
4.3 Approaches to design thinking
5 Material and component considerations
5.1 Factors that influence the selection of materials
5.2 Materials used when designing and manufacturing products and prototypes
5.3 Properties/characteristics of materials
6 Technical understanding
6.1 Structural integrity
6.2 Designing products to function effectively within their surroundings
6.3 Smart and modern technologies
7 Manufacturing processes and techniques
7.1 Using materials and processes to make iterative models
7.2 Using materials and processes to make final prototypes
7.3 Using materials and processes to make commercial products
7.4 How manufacturing is organised and managed for different scales of production
7.5 Controlling quality through manufacture (A Level)
8 Viability of design solutions
8.1 Assessing whether a design solution meets its stakeholder requirements
8.2 Assessing whether a design solution meets the criteria of technical specifications
8.3 Determining whether design solutions are commercially viable (A Level)
9 Health and safety
9.1 Ensuring safety in a workshop environment
9.2 The implications of health and safety legislation on product manufacture (A Level)
Part 2 Preparing for the examinations
Success in the examinations
Sample examination questions
Paper 1
Paper 2
Glossary
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