Stage 1 | Subject outline | version control

Design, Technology and Engineering Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 2.0
For teaching in 2022. Accredited in November 2018 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2020. This subject replaced Design and Technology. See subject changes.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Content

Content

The design and realisation process

The design and realisation process is a flexible framework and forms the structure of the subject. The following diagram shows the components of a coherent and dynamic design progression. This process is rarely linear, and designing should be seen as a cyclical process with many possible solutions, rather than a simple step-by-step process.