A project is a story with six chapters
You will not do the project in one go. It comes in stages, and each stage makes something a marker can read.
If you know the six chapters before you start, nothing in the middle comes as a surprise.
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can name the six stages of a project and say what each one makes.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Brief | the written description of what the client wants |
| Evidence | something you make that shows what you did and why |
| Success criteria | the list of things the finished work must do |
| Stage | one part of a project, with its own job and its own output |
| Template | a blank layout you fill in |
| Network | computers and devices joined together so they can share data |
| Robust | strong enough to keep working when something goes wrong |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
Starter
Have a go
Starter
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.
This is practice
Important
Your real tasks come from the exam board, with their own briefs and templates. Everything here uses invented organisations. Ask your teacher how the real tasks are set, how long you get and what help is allowed.
What each stage makes
| Stage | You make | The question it answers |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-task | Research notes | What is this business like? |
| Task 1 | A plan: a Gantt chart, a cost plan and a rationale | Who does what, by when, for how much, and why? |
| Task 2 | Test evidence and fixes | What is wrong and how do we know? |
| Task 3 | A design | What will we build, so that someone else could build it? |
| Task 4a | A working simulation | Does it meet the brief? |
| Task 4b | An evaluation | How well did it meet the brief, and what next? |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
Three projects, one shape
There are three projects: Digital Infrastructure and Network Cabling, Cyber Security and Digital Support Technician.
All three follow the same six stages. Task 1 is the same in all three. The middle tasks change: network faults and a network design, security weaknesses and a security plan, or support tickets and a needs analysis.