Intermediate Progress Report

The intermediate project report is a progress report delivered after the first on-site test as a launch point for the second iteration. It should be submitted as a post to the 16-223 WordPress site with an accompanying summary documentation video and photos. Please write it as narrative text that includes answers to the following prompts:

  1. Interaction Analysis

    1. In what ways did children and adults find a moment of delight in your project?

    2. What aspects of the observed interactions were surprising to you?

    3. What are additional or different interaction features which would help visitors perceive more of the delight, magic, function, or purpose?

    4. How does this visit change your vision of the fully realized project?

    5. Please include a summary video clip and supporting photos.

  2. Engineering Analysis

    1. What technical limitations did you discover during the visit?

    2. What was the first element to fail?

    3. What operational details emerged which had not been observed during lab testing?

  3. Revision Plan

    1. How does the fundamental experience need to be modified?

    2. What will it take to resolve known technical limitations?

    3. What new capability will you add beyond the initial objectives?

    4. What new technique or design skill will be needed?

    5. How will you systematically test the revision in the lab?

    6. Please include a detailed task list for the revisions. What is the critical rate-limiting path?

    7. What additional items to you need to purchase? This should be decided ASAP.

No specific technical documentation is required at this point, but you may include code, drawings, or CAD files if you wish specific feedback.

Objectives

  1. Reflect critically on the outcome of a design and testing cycle.

  2. Detail an plan for a complete iteration cycle of design revision, refabrication, and lab testing.

  3. Identify a critical path through a development process.