Step 1

Setup the Design Team

• Working with your teacher, organize your design team.
• Using the team member roles of Team leader, Recorder and Time keeper, identify who will take these responsibilities.
• Specify a time period before rotation of roles to other team members.  Set the dates for rotation.

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Step 2

Identify Design Tasks

The first task for the design team is to identify the major design tasks that the team will need to perform.  Using the module and the design portfolio as a guide,

• List the major design stages
• List the major activities for each design stage

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Step 3

Develop a Design Timeline

Using the information in the Getting Started part of this activity, and dates supplied by your teacher, develop a timeline for completing the design activity. 

• Beginning with the dates supplied by the teacher find out how many classes are available (use a calendar)
• Using information from the teacher, find out how many classes will be used for non-design activities.  Calculate how many classes are available for design activities
• Using the percentages from this activity, calculate how many classes are available for each design stage
• Make a timeline, complete with design stages and start/stop dates for each stage.

Post the timeline so that you can refer to it as you work through the design activity.  Use it to make sure you use your time wisely.

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