Thesis Concept Structure mapout

Context
  1. Why is my project important/valuable?
  2. How will the project change users/audience's life?
  3. What is the problem I'm trying to solve/question?
  4. What fact legitimate my project?
  5. Who will this project matter to?
  6. Where is the project most effective, where does it live?
  7. How does it relate to existing works?
  8. What is new about my project?
  9. What form best communicate my project?
Look&Feel
  1. How does material effect function/presentation?
  2. How does that material contribute to the project's meaning?
  3. Does it look approachable to my audience?
  4. What/ How much research do I need to do?
  5. What material am I using? How much do I need?
  6. How much will it cost?
  7. Where am I going to get the material?
  8. How does it look like? What's the color/scale/length/shape/style/tone of it?
User experience
  1. How will my audience access the project?
  2. How do they navigate think through the project?
  3. What is the sequence of the user experience?
  4. What is the feedback or reward?
  5. How does it keep the audience engaged?
  6. How should the audience respond?
  7. What are all possible ways users can interact/respond/interpret the project?
  8. Does it do what it designed to? If not, why and what should be adjusted?
Implementation
  1. What are the techs/equipment/techniques that are necessary/work best?
  2. what is the time-line?
  3. who if anyone is working with me?
  4. Is it public or private?
  5. Who would fund/support/sponsor this project?
  6. What are the alternatives if plan A doesn't work well?
  7. What is the lifespan of this project?
  8. What to test w/ specific prototypes?
  9. What metaphors/story describe my project?

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