Stages of the Technological Process

Start with a map of the stages

Begin with the mind map that describes detecting a problem or need, searching for information, and generating and selecting ideas. It also asks you to describe the problem and its conditions or constraints. Use those points to practice explaining how a technological process starts.

Next, open Phases of the technological process. It sets out a sequence from need and idea through development, construction, verification and marketing. Compare its sequence with the first map and note the stages each one names.

Look at project planning

The Project Planning mind map connects technology with solving problems and includes examples of devices that help people move around. Look at it after the stages maps to see how its approach to planning relates to the process you have just studied.

Another map on the page describes analyzing needs and conditions, looking for similar cases and studying their solutions. You can compare those points with the information-search stage in the first map. The page also lists flowcharts, flashcards and a note alongside its mind maps.

Use the quiz alongside the maps

Once you have explored the maps, take the quiz listed on the page. Then return to the maps and use their stages and examples to guide further study. You can also look back at a map before taking the quiz if you want to refresh your understanding first.

Explore the unit

This topic is one section of The Technological Process and Problem Solving, in Engineering and technology (general or other). The maps give you different ways to look at the process within that unit: as a sequence of stages, as a response to a need, and through project planning.

Choose a resource and use it to build your own mind map of the stages.