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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine project requirements
   • Review and clarify project brief with client
   • Confirm and evaluate parameters and constraints
   • Select work resources based on the needs of the project
   • Identify and assess aspects of the space that impact on potential solutions
   • Identify key project stakeholders and establish required communication protocols
2. Research material and finish options
   • Select materials and finishes that match the brief and are suited to aesthetic nature of the space
   • Analyse and review intended use against functional features of different products
   • Consider and investigate new hard materials and finish technologies
   • Analyse and evaluate product properties for their safety, suitability and sustainability
   • Identify application issues in terms of available expertise
   • Source and compare information about costs and availability against the project brief
3. Refine ideas and select preferred solution
   • Explore, integrate and refine different options through a process of reflection and testing
   • Choose a preferred solution based on research findings and the key objectives of the project brief
   • Prepare a visual representation that communicates the key aspects of the preferred solution
4. Make recommendations to client
   • Present recommendations in a format and level of detail suited to the client and scope of the project
   • Clearly articulate rationale for the chosen solution and present to the client
   • Provide realistic cost estimates associated with recommendations
   • Seek client feedback on the proposed solution
   • Base adjustments made to the final design solution on feedback