Assessment Aim: The Team Final Report presents to your client the detailed design of your proposed design solution,how it meets their needs,and implementation plan and further recommendations.This is a TEAM assessment task that documents and communicates your team's design solution to a professional standard in a technology report.
Assessment Weight: 35%,adjusted by SPARKPlus run on Assessment 2b (team final report) and Assessment 3 (presentation - team mark).
Length: 5000 words (appendices,cover page,content list,executive summary and references are excluded from word count).
What is the aim of the Team Final Report?
The Team Final Report presents to your client(The Torres Strait Regional Council)the detailed report of your proposed design solution,how it meets their needs,an implementation plan and further recommendations.This is a group assessment task that documents and communicates your group's design solution to a professional standard in a technology report.
What needs to be in the Team Final Report?
Your team will extend on your Assessment Task 2a - Draft Team Proposal to document your final EWB Challenge design solution to the client.This report will communicate and justify your team's design solution,explaining your engineering design, problem-solving, decision making, design solution development, and prototyping through collaborative teamwork and project management. Social, cultural, environmental and budgetary considerations must be taken into account.This report must contain enough information so that your client can continue with your design or implement your design in the community.
The sections of the Team Proposal (e.g.,some of the background research,alternative design solutions,decision matrix)can be developed from the material submitted in your draft.(This will not affect the turnitin score in your Final Team Report.)
Your report should cover the following content(*designates sections to be added to draft sections):
·Group declaration
。Summarise all group member contributions to the report and project
· Executive Summary*
。Summarise the entire report,including conclusions.
。Follow the template provided as it is defined by EWB
。The executive summary should not be more than a one-page maximum.
·Introduction
。Clearly identify the problem you are looking at
。What is the overall context of your problem/project?
。Which specifc Project Opportunity does your proposed design solution address?
·Background
。What relevant background information have you learnt that needs to be understood in order to address the problem?
。What are the current practices in relation to your group's chosen Project Opportunity?
。What are the existing solutions to this problem?
·Project scope
。Problem description:Provide your 'user needs'statement AND a concise paragraph defining the problem to be addressed.Both the 'user needs'statement and concise definition should logically match as they are the same problem.The former is a succinct summary,and the latter provides further detail regarding the problem being addressed.
。Design criteria:Describe and justify the design criteria which a solution must meet.Ensure these criteria relate to the client/community needs.
·Design solution options
。Present and briefly explain 3 potential solutions,including your proposed solution,that could address the problem.
·Proposed design solution:
。Justify the selection of your proposed design solution e.g.,evaluated against your design criteria.
。All teams must include a decision matrix.
· Detailed design
。Describe your proposed design solution in detail,including diagrams and other visuals as appropriate.
· Prototyping*
。Explain your prototype/s (each group must prototype their design), and describe the construction,testing,
evaluation etc.
· Implementation plan*
。If your design solution is a product or infrastructure,how is it made/constructed?
。How will your design be co-designed /introduced to the community and used,managed,maintained etc.
over time?(Use local materials and local expertise where possible!)
。How will you transfer knowledge to the community e.g.,how will the community have ownership,
participate,be involved/educated to adopt your design solution?
· Cost analysis*
。Detailed construction,implementation and maintenance costs,as well as potential avenues to cover costs
or generate income,if any.
· Discussion*
o Include any further information about your broader design considerations
· How does your design meet the needs of your client?
· How is your design appropriate to the community?What are the benefits and impacts to the cultural,
environmental,economic and social context of the community?
·How will the client,community and other stakeholders be engaged in the project(should be
throughout the project!)-how will the community gain ownership if this is relevant to your design? .What are the strengths/weaknesses of the design,how would you address these?
.What is the long-term sustainability of your design solution?
· What any regulations apply to your design?How will you meet (and exceed) these regulations in your
design and/or implementation?
·Conclusion
。Summarise the main "takeaways"from the report.
。Provide a concise statement on the next steps for the project(e.g.,refining of the solution,further
prototyping,handover to the community,etc).*
·References
。List of all references cited in the report in APA 7th Edition format.
·Appendices(Optional)
。You may use appendices for relevant content which is worth including but is not in the body of the report (e.g.,large diagrams of your solution may go in an appendix).
。Do not include material that does not add to your report.
。You would usually refer to appendix material somewhere in the body of the report(e.g.,for further detail on the structure of the solution see the block diagram in Appendix 1).