Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Prepare to manage fashion design process
- Research global fashion trends and identify emerging themes
- Review product range and previous designs developed by the business to assess relevance to current design directions
- Identify business and client goals and relate these to design objectives
- Identify production capacity and processes of the business
- Research key criteria according to the needs of the design
- Develop and confirm design brief
- Determine key criteria and confirm requirements with client
- Facilitate the development of the design brief so it clearly conveys all guidelines for development of design concepts
- Encourage interchange of ideas and consult design development personnel to confirm design brief is feasible and appropriate
- Use sketches, drawings and samples to illustrate design requirements and finalise design brief
- Facilitate design process
- Specify design concept development processes
- Specify communication protocols and determine monitoring procedures and checking points
- Identify, select and brief all design development personnel required for the design process
- Brief design personnel to develop design concepts and monitor development to ensure budget and time constraints are met
- Promote a cooperative approach to identify and address problems or inconsistencies in the development of the design concept
- Evaluate and finalise design development process
- Evaluate design concepts against design brief and seek suggestions to modify or improve concepts
- Finalise design concept and gain client ‘s agreement to develop design
- Evaluate design development processes to assess their effectiveness in achieving design brief
- Document design brief, development processes and outcomes
- File and store documentation according to workplace practices