Milestone 3: Getting the Right Design

Overview

You are to use insights from your design research to inform a process of defining a design. You will first identify a set of key tasks within the space of your problem. Then you will propose multiple design alternatives, each taking a distinct approach to supporting these tasks. Finally, you will choose among these alternatives and use two key tasks to further detail your design and its context.

Milestone Assignments

The assignments contributing to this milestone are:

• Assignment 3.1: Task Review - Due: Wednesday, October 28, 15:00
• Assignment 3.2: Design Review - Due: Monday, November 2, 15:00
• Design Meetings: Virtual on Zoom — Tuesday, November 3; Thursday, November 5. Prepare using your Assignment 3.2 submission. Include your feedback reflection in Assignment 3.3.
• Assignment 3.3: Design Scenarios and Storyboards - Due: Thursday, November 12, 15:00

Grading

Milestone 3 is worth 100 points total, distributed across these assignments:

• Assignment 3.1: Task Review — 22 points.
• Assignment 3.2: Design Review — 30 points.
• Assignment 3.3: Scenarios and Storyboards — 48 points.

Each assignment page provides its grading criteria and point breakdown. Milestone 3 as a whole is worth 15% of the overall course grade.