MYP Design Year 1 · Unit 5 · Lesson 45
Product Development
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Success Criteria

Research tells you what matters. Success criteria turn those findings into clear expectations for the solution.

Student Materials
Criterion B.i
R
RESEARCH-BASEDCriteria should respond to the main findings.
C
CLEARAnother person can understand what success looks like.
T
TESTABLEYou can check success later with evidence.
Use ← → / Space to navigate.Lesson 45 · B.i formal
Learning Focus
Develop a list
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Today’s formal task: develop a list of success criteria.

DEVELOPCreate and improve a useful list that defines what the solution should achieve.
YEAR 1

A clear list of success criteria is enough. This is not a detailed higher-year design specification.

B.i summativeResearch → criteria
Mini-Lesson
A criterion should have a reason
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FindingFrequently used tools become hidden behind taller items.
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Success criterionThe three most-used tools are visible from the user’s normal position.
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Future testUser can identify the three tools without moving other items.
Every criterion does not need the same test method.Evidence chain
Useful Criteria Areas
Choose only what fits your project
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Function

What must the product reliably do?

User / access

What should be easy, visible, comfortable, or convenient?

Fit / size

What must fit, clear, support, or stay within a size limit?

Quality / materials

What construction or durability expectation matters?

Avoid arbitrary appearance criteria unless research supports them.Relevant criteria
Workshop
Criteria Builder
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Design Studio

Turn findings into testable criteria.

STEP 01

Pair

Match each main finding to a possible criterion.

STEP 02

Rewrite

Replace vague words with clear expectations.

STEP 03

Audit

Ask what evidence could test each criterion later.

Practice before final list.Main workshop
Formal B.i
Your success criteria list
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Develop 6–8 useful criteria for the major project.

The list should describe a successful solution clearly enough that you can use it again in Lesson 52 for formal testing and evaluation.
Student completes B.i page.Summative evidence
Exit Audit
Could this be tested?
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Read every criterion and ask:

“What evidence would show whether this was met?”

Next lesson

Students generate several feasible design ideas that respond directly to the success criteria and research findings.

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