1. What are the steps up
for Level 3 Technology?

2. AS 3.1 Brief [4 - Internal]
Develop brief to address issue within a context
Achieved:
• develop a brief that allows judgement of an outcome’s fitness for
purpose in the broadest sense.
Merit:
• demonstrate how the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s
fitness for purpose in the broadest sense.
Excellence:
• justify why the specifications allow a judgement of an outcome’s fitness
for purpose in the broadest sense.
..fitness for purpose in the broadest sense

3. Develop a prototype considering fitness for purpose in
the broadest sense
Achieved:
• …. to gain specific evidence of fitness for purpose
Merit:
• evaluate …...
Excellence:
• ….. justify prototype’s fitness for purpose against the brief.
AS 3.4 Prototype [6 - Internal]
..fitness for purpose in the broadest sense

4. Technology Scholarship
Write a critical reflection of your project.
…. undertake tech. practice to develop a technological outcome
that is justified as fit for purpose in the broadest sense.
..fitness for purpose in the broadest sense

5. What is ‘fitness for
purpose in the broadest
sense’?

6. Fitness for purpose in broadest sense
“Fitness for purpose in the broadest sense relates not just to
the outcome itself, but also to practices used to develop the
outcome, including such things as:
o Consideration of outcome’s technical l acceptability,
o Consideration of outcome’s social acceptability,
o Sustainability of resources used,
o Treatment of people involved in the manufacture,
o Ethical nature of testing practices,
o Cultural appropriateness of trialling procedures,
o Determination of life cycle, maintenance & disposal,
o Health & safety.

7. e.g.
Considerations of an outcome’s technical acceptability
New Samsung Chrome Book
• Mobile ARM processor – conventional processors are designed to run off
a power supply, these designed to run off a battery as in smart phones.
• 6 ½ hours battery life – no hard drive so doesn’t use much power.
• A solid state hard drive, therefore no moving parts, generates less
heat, lighter, less noise.
• Fast to launch because OS is light weight, no Windows, just a launcher.
• Processing is done on the web, so settings are saved on the Cloud, & are
set up by entering the data into the fields online.
• Fast to launch because local machine doesn’t have to download your
profile to customise the device for you.
• When you log into a chrome book your profile is the same as the Gmail
you used on the web, because it is all in the Cloud