insight / QFP

Constraints are the teacher's most honest gift.

Unlimited ambition produces unbuilt posters. A materials budget produces a prototype.

QFP progression pathway visual

A constraint is a teacher

This page is for a student writing the one-page brief. Without a must-keep condition, a prototype a visitor can handle in under five minutes becomes a mood. Prototype under a constraint and show the trade-off.

Must-keep versus adjustable

Write what cannot be wished away. Write what you may change when the first build fails. Keep constraint card, cheap first build, test notes, demo script.

What a missing constraint produces

A speech about the future with nothing on the table is what a constraint-free week produces. Mentors shrink the constraint. They do not steal the build.

How to write the card

Write info@qfp.org. Fit details stay on admissions.