Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify project requirements
- Research and plan approach
- Investigate fully the real world environment that is to be simulated
- Obtain designs, plans and other information that may assist in modelling the real world environment
- Determine the performance objectives, task complexity and required levels of user skill
- Determine the required depth of physical and functional fidelity, taking into account production requirements
- Research and select appropriate simulation authoring tools
- Discuss ideas and collaborate, as required, with relevant personnel to ensure contribution of a range of ideas and creative solutions
- Draft simulation design documents
- Identify the processes that determine the functional behaviour and specify how this behaviour is to be represented by control objects
- Define the underlying functionality in a model that specifies the essential settings, states, conditions and parameters
- Specify the user interface controls that enable users to interact with simulations
- Identify critical impacts, alerts or costs for incorrect user operation
- Specify positive and negative user feedback
- Specify the sequencing of levels of difficulty
- Present draft simulation design documents for discussion with and feedback from other team members
- Finalise simulation design documents
- Review designs against required project outcomes and performance objectives
- Review designs to ensure they meet creative, technical and legislative requirements
- Adjust designs as necessary after discussions with relevant personnel and incorporating user feedback
- Save and archive user interface controls for other projects