Overview key terms

Technical solution

The programmed solution created to address a problem or investigation; it receives 42 of the 75 available project marks.

Supporting documentation

Concise material covering the problem, its analysis, the design of a solution or investigation plan, and testing and evaluation.

Optimisation problem

A problem involving the selection or production of an effective outcome, such as a rota, a shortest path or a route.

Technical skill

The level of technical ability that a problem or investigation gives a student the opportunity to demonstrate when being assessed.

Critical path

The part of a project that everything else depends on for a working system or a complete investigation result.

Iterative development

A development process in which earlier parts of a project can be revisited because of discoveries made during later work.