(Tentative) Assessment Framework Questions

Use these question categories in the process of answering your own questions relevant to a specific project.Fill in category sub-questions as best you can, add your own or skip questions as needed.

Stakeholders

• Who are the stakeholders?
• Who is the targeted audience for the game?
  • What will the audience take away from the game?
• Is there a market or test group available, already existing or in demand?

Expectations

• What is the main purpose of the project?
• What are the stakeholders??? main goals?
  • Can one stakeholder???s expectations be met while meeting another???s?
    • What would be the requirements of success?

Resources

• What is deliverable?

• What is the length of time it would take to build and run the game?
  • Is there a deadline? Or can this project be delayed?

• Is there previous work, either ours or another group???s, in this area?

• How long should the project be able to last?

Assessment

• Who and how do we want to give or receive feedback?

• What would be the most efficient method - time and resource wise - of gathering assessment data?
  • Should there be multiple feedback tools available?

Misc. categories (fun, education, technology, etc...)

• What are measurable variables that can be defined as '____'?
• Should the game be more intuitive or instructional?
  • How quickly will the target audience be able to learn the game?
• Can the game teach anything different than a textbook, class, or other resources?
  • Can this game teach something that can be gained through other resources in a way that the targeted audience finds preferable?
• Is there technology involved? Or theory?
• Do we need to advertise?
• If the project is repeatable, will we learn new things or benefit from running the game again?

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