The world is increasingly reliant on applications that help individuals, businesses and organisations achieve specific activities or purposes. In this unit you will explore potential ideas for a new application and develop the fundamental design for it. You will then develop the designs for an application and how users will interact with it. The application that you design can be for any sector and for any purpose. You will have the opportunity to present your ideas, prototype them, and gain feedback before refining your design.
 
Besides the technical knowledge that you will gain about designing an application, you will also learn key transferable skills such as liaising with clients, questioning people effectively to gain the information you need to develop successful designs, and presenting your ideas to an audience and getting feedback from them.
 
This unit is mandatory to the application developer specialist pathway in the Level 3 Diploma suite of qualifications as it supports the development of skills, knowledge and understanding appropriate to a wide range of job roles requiring the development of applications in mobile technology, business software, graphics, game and web design.