4.4 Project Identification

• Meaning and importance of project identification
• Finding community opportunities that can be addressed using electrical principles
• Reflecting on community problems and writing a problem statement
• Relating electrical principles to community needs
• Brainstorming project ideas with peers
• Turning a problem into a project proposal
• Screening and shortlisting project ideas
• Checking the feasibility of a project
• Using a feasibility checklist of materials, tools, skills and safety
• Compiling the project portfolio
• Following a systematic process from problem identification to proposal

• identify opportunities in the community that can be addressed using electrical principles
• propose projects involving electrical devices that can solve the identified issues
• justify the feasibility of the identified project
• document a portfolio of the identified project
• recognise the significance of following a systematic process in project identification

“How are electrical projects identified?”

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1. Introduction to project identification
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Introduce project identification and why a systematic process matters.
2. Identifying opportunities in the community
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Survey the community for needs that electrical solutions can meet.
3. Reflecting on community problems
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Gather and describe community problems using simple methods.
4. Electrical principles that solve community problems
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Relate electrical principles to the needs they can solve.
5. Brainstorming project ideas with peers
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use group brainstorming to generate and sort project ideas.
6. From problem to project proposal
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Turn a problem statement into a clear project idea and proposal.
7. Screening and shortlisting project ideas
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use simple criteria to screen and shortlist project ideas.
8. Feasibility: materials and tools
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Check that the materials and tools for a project can be obtained.
9. Feasibility: skills and safety
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Check the skills needed and the safety rules for a project.
10. Justifying feasibility with a checklist
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use a feasibility checklist to justify a chosen project.
11. Documenting the project portfolio
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Compile a portfolio that records the identified project.
12. The systematic process and flow chart
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Draw a flow chart of the steps from problem to proposal.