Feasibility Study
Owner: Dr Melusine Pigeon
Number of students: 3-6
Formative Deadline: Friday W19
Learning Outcomes
Analyse technical against target specifications and identify the best solution for a given target specification using a weighted methodology.
Knowledge Requirements
For Knowledge, you should complete the “ Feasibility study” Moodle quiz available on this unit’s Moodle page.
Application Requirements
For Application, the page should include a section titled ‘Feasibility study’ which includes: 1) The design and development matrix competed until the columns ‘Possible/alternative solutions’ and ‘Chosen technical solution’. It means the user needs and related Target specifications are correctly completed as per Y1 skill. With the users need column covering the following categories: performance, societal, aesthetic, sustainability, usability and business. This will involve consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards. 2) All information in this table would be supported by relevant references. 3) The possible/alternative solutions listed as bullet points. 4) For each chosen technical solution, a description of the criteria used to make the decision, and the importance/value allocated to each of them is included. It should be clear how those criteria relate to the target specifications column. 5) For each decision made, a choice matrix for the solutions discussed which clearly shows the weighting applied to the different alternatives and which one is the best. 6) The section also includes a conclusion paragraph which summarises the outcome of the choice matrix (50-100words or 1min audio/video file).
Synthesis Requirements
For Synthesis, the page should include a section titled “ Feasibility study” which includes: 1) The requirement for Application level and in addition: 2) The verification sections of the D&D matrix completed as per Y1 skill. 3) At least 2 verification test protocol documents written as a .doc format with version control and naming related to your related quality management skill. 4) The results of those 2 tests compiled in related .doc file with explanations and conclusion.
Knowledge Opportunities
After the lecture W9
Application Opportunities
Project week 2 W17