Instructions Project Postmortem
Fill out each section under the headings thoroughly. Make certain that this document is fully explicated. In the professional world, you will often have to provide documentation of this kind. Treat this as a professional document that will be read by a professional audience.
Creating Your Statement of Purpose
Describe how you chose the topic your instruction sets cover, how you selected the sets’ two separate audiences, and how you identified the sets’ specific contexts.
Making Your Production Choices
Describe how you decided upon the instruction sets’ appropriate production choices (strategies, medium, arrangement).
Research
What research did you do for this project, including both topic research about your subject and production research about how to construct your instruction sets? List and describe the specific resources you used and what purpose they served.
Tools
What tools did you use in your design process, including computer hardware and software? List and describe the specific tools you used and what purpose they served.
Timeline
Construct a timeline of your design process using specific dates. Identify the stages in your personal workflow; do not just reproduce the turn-in dates on the calendar.
Design Plan Changes
Compare your final map to its design plan and discuss any differences. (These are not mistakes. Changes are to be expected.)
What Went Right
Explain what was successful in your project and why it was successful. Be specific and thorough.
What Went Wrong
Explain what in your project could have been better. Give details why these elements were problematic. Be specific and thorough.
Lessons Learned
Given what you have said about what went right and what went wrong, what have you learned that you can apply in the future? What are you going to be sure to do, and what are you going to be sure to avoid?