TutorSyntax — Learn. Practise. Build.
COMPUTING 11–14 · LEARN. PRACTISE. BUILD.

Design and development

Good digital products start with a user need, not a colour scheme or a line of code.

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What you will explore

  • Features of a digital product
  • Planning a digital product
  • Reviewing a digital product
  • Testing

Start with the idea

A digital product moves through a cycle of investigating needs, describing requirements, prototyping, testing and improving. A clear success criterion describes something a user can actually do.

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Try it yourself

  • Sketch a simple three-screen prototype for a homework organiser.
  • Write two testable success criteria, each from the perspective of a student user.
  • Ask another person to test your prototype; record one problem and one improvement.

What could this lead to?

Explore how the skills behind this topic appear in work:

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Project and progression

This original TutorSyntax activity can be used before GCSE study or for enrichment. Its topic grouping relates to Ada’s published 11–14 catalogue, but it is not a confirmed GCSE specification.

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Independent TutorSyntax teaching material · last reviewed 22 October 2026. Ada’s availability labels may change.