Project Proposal: Next StepsProject Proposal (Submission)
This week, you’ll submit a proposal for your capstone project. The proposal is intended to help you take your ideas and craft a concrete plan to realize them before the end of the course.
First, a quick note about capstone project scope. Your capstone project should be something you can reasonably expect to complete in the next three weeks of this course. As you prepare your proposal, think carefully about what will be achievable, and avoid over- or under-scoping your project.
Your project proposal should be a written document and include the following sections. For each section, focus on answering the provided questions.
Project Statement/Goal
What is your project about?
What prior works, artifacts, or objects will you “remix” as part of your project?
What are your project's conceptual underpinnings?
What is your project’s theme(s)?
Motivation
Why are you doing this project?
What are you investigating here? What are your research questions? What are you exploring?
What prior work have you done that you feel provides evidence that you can complete this project?
Research Review
What other artists, designers, or technologists have influenced your project?
What research are you incorporating into your project?
Target Audience
Who is this project for? Please note that everyone is not a valid answer. Target is the key word here.
Who cares? Who will care? Who is your target audience or your target users?
What do you want your target audience to experience when they interact with your project?
Resources
What resources, tools, and technologies will you use in your project?
Design / Aesthetic Ideas
What ideation processes did you use to conceptualize your project? How did these processes shape your ideas?
Project Milestones
Identify key milestones in creating your final project. Note that one milestone must be submission of an initial prototype of your project, which is due at the end of week 4.
Break down your milestones into actionable tasks using a system of your choice.
All actionable tasks should start with a verb (i.e. write, call, email, build, collect, etc.), and can be completed in a day.
Also be specific with your tasks. (For example, "take 20 photographs" is more explicit than "take photographs". "Take 5 photos of tigers, 5 photos of bears, 5 photos of lizards, and 5 photos of cats" is more explicit than "take 20 photographs".)
Risks & Challenges
What are your risks of failure? (lack of tech, time, knowledge, money, etc.) and how will you overcome them?
What are the holes or gaps in your project?
What remains unknown in your project plan?
Your project proposal will be assessed by the course staff against the following criteria:
Concept: A clear description of the topic and questions that the project is exploring. Does your description demonstrate curiosity?
Review: Clear and insightful research on your topic and review of relevant work in your chosen creative field.
Logistics: Development of a realistic and well thought out project timeline.
On the next screen, you will be able to submit your proposal. Please submit it in PDF format. There is no minimum required length, but the proposal should not be longer than 4 pages.