Product analysis and quality standards
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify key criteria and quality standards to consider when analysing a product.
Key learning points
- Product analysis helps designers identify which features are successful and which could be improved on products.
- Quality standards are guidelines that ensure products or services meet consistent and accepted levels of excellence.
- They include the British Standards Institution (BSI) and European Standards (CE).
- Designers must ensure their products, meet the correct and current safety and quality standards.
- When analysing products for new parents safety should be a primary focus.
Keywords
Product analysis - examining a product’s design, function, and performance
Quality standards - established guidelines that ensure products or services meet consistent and accepted levels of excellence.
Safety - the condition of being protected from harm, danger, or injury.
Common misconception
Product analysis leads to copying of designs.
Product analysis identifies successful features and those which can be improved, this can lead to inspiration for new or improved ideas.
Teacher tip
Provide products or photographs of products relating to the context of new parents for pupils to analyse. This will be benefical for both learning cycles in this lesson. Have visuals of the quality standard symbols to show to pupils, the BSI kitemark, CE symbol, the lion mark and ISO symbol.
Equipment
A variety of products or photographs of products relating to the context.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Why do designers explore a context before creating a product?
Q2.Which of the following best describes a user need?
Q3.One of the most important things to consider when making baby products is .
Q4.Why is research important before designing a new product?
Q5.Which of the following best describes a product’s intended audience?
Q6.Which of these words describes how a product looks, including shape, colour, and finish.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is a sensible method of conducting product analysis?
Q2.Which of these headings would not be useful for framing a product analysis?
Q3.What would be a critically important consideration for any new toy for young children?
Q4.Which animal is used in a logo to indicate safety standards have been met in British toys?
Q5.What does the CE mark on a product indicate?
Q6.BSI stands for which of the following?
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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