Identified suitable stakeholders for the project and described them explaining how they will make use of the proposed solution and why it is appropriate to their needs [1].
OCR’s project setting guidance has an extended discussion on the use of stakeholders (see p. 6).
Your stakeholder could be a real person who can provide feedback on your work. Alternatively, they could be a general target audience whose needs you can discuss. OCR warn specifically against contriving a stakeholder [1].
You may wish to interview your stakeholder to establish their requirements and, during or after development, provide feedback on your solution. Cambridge OCR note that “projects that do not engage with stakeholders for testing can struggle to generate realistic testing feedback” [2].
If you choose to interview your stakeholder, including a summary of the main points and their impact on your proposed solution is all that is required in your analysis. You may wish to include the full text of your interview as an appendix, however. If you choose to engage a real person as a stakeholder and get their feedback, you should be aware that this will likely increase your workload.
Moderators' report
Including interviews or questionnaires as part of your research is one example of “good evidence” [1].
Note that the mark scheme rewards describing and explaining how your stakeholder will use your solution and why it is appropriate for their needs: best practice would be to include a summary of how your stakeholders would use your proposed solution and why it is appropriate for them.
Your stakeholders do not need to sign off at every stage of the project [1] but can be a useful touchstone at key stages in development.
Specification links
References
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[1]Cambridge OCR 2023. A Level Computer Science Moderators’ Report H446/03/04 Summer 2023 Series. Cambridge OCR.
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[2]Cambridge OCR 2024. A Level Computer Science Moderators’ Report H446/03/04 Summer 2024 Series. Cambridge OCR.
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[3]Cambridge OCR 2024. A Level Specification Computer Science H446. Cambridge OCR.