Documentation should include
- identifying and defining problems
- identifying constraints and specifications/requirements for success
- brainstorming potential solutions
- visually communicating potential solutions
- evaluating potential solutions
- considering constraints
- identifying an optimal solution
- creating a model and/or prototype
- testing the solution
- evaluating results
- iterating or modifying as needed
- communicating final results
- appendices (e.g., raw data, sketches, notes, surveys)
- citations of references used.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why should one include appendices in the report?
- What research should be included in the report?
- Why include the results of tests in a report?