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/CEE 176G/276G | Summer 2024:
Sustainability Design Thinking
CEE 176G/276G | Summer 2024: Sustainability Design Thinking
/Class Session 4 | Design Project 1: Ideating
Class Session 4 | Design Project 1: Ideating
Class Session 4 | Design Project 1: Ideating

Class Session 4 | Design Project 1: Ideating

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HOUSEKEEPING
  • Office hours this week
  • Design Journal Self-Check Recommended
  • Catch-up Plans
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WARM-UP EXERCISES
  • Fast Thinking & Slow Thinking
  • Fast Thinking Basics (Dynamic Memory Stack, Active Recall, Waggle Dance, Associative Architecture)
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    Question 1: Dynamic Memory Stack
    • WHAT DID YOU EAT FOR BREAKFAST?
    • Recent memory
    • How fast was it?
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    Question 2: Active Recall
    • WHAT IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 49?
    • Learned, Practiced
    • Long-term memory
    • (True) Fact; change usually not required
    • How fast was it?
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    Question 3: Waggle Dance
    • WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?
    • Used key words to do a memory search.
    • Probably found a few items that may fit the need & gave a neural signal.
    • Responded with the one that had the strongest neural signal.
    • How fast was it?
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    Question 4: Associative Architecture
    • WHAT DO COWS DRINK?
    • Search for connections in memory using key words.
    • If really fast-thinking, respond with next word most closely associated with the ky words.
    • Opens opportunity for creativity & un-expected ideas.
    • How fast was it?
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DEFINING PHASE - CONFIRMATION - INTERVIEW/SURVEY METHOD
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Confirming our CCP and PoV with interviews and/or surveys.
  • Use non-leading questions that demonstrate your neutrality on the topic. ie, not Agree/Disagree, but where the respondent stands from neutral.
  • Primarily use close-ended questions so activity is not time-constrained. In general, you should be aware of the options.
  • Use open-ended questions only if necessary. If possible, reach for quick & reactionary responses.
  • Allow for no response or no opinion in the responses. This is still valuable feedback.
  • Aim for 5 minutes maximum in length. Especially for design thinking, emotionally-driven responses give the greater insight.
  • Include a few demographic questions so that you can categorize the responses & search for trends.
  • If face-to-face interviews, try to get 5 or more. For an online survey, try to get 15 or more responses. These targets will be higher for the Design Projects 2 & 3.
  • CCP & PoV still in flux
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IN-CLASS EXERCISES: DEFINING
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INTERVIEW EXERCISE
  • Prepare 5 questions for an interview.
  • Conduct your interview with a person in your group.
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SURVEY EXERCISE
  • Create a Google Form Survey with 5 questions.
  • Copy-and-paste the survey form url into Slack Design Project 1 channel.
  • Click on the survey url for a person in your group.
  • Complete the survey.
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FREEZE THE DEFINITION MODEL
  • What it means to freeze.
  • We want to move to ideation.
  • Commit to the Freeze model.
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DESIGN THINKING PROCESS STEP 3: IDEATING
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30 Circles
30 Circles Ideation Exercise

IDEA “...adapt as many of those circles as you can into objects of some form.” PURPOSE To check on our child-like willingness, ability & skill to quantitatively ideate…& treat the condition, if necessary. SET-UP 1 Get a worksheet. Have pen, pencil and/or color marker. SET-UP 2 “...for example, yo...

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30 Circles Ideation Exercise
30 Circles.pdf6.7KB
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Brainstorming
  • ⚠️ Cautions: Self-editing, Self-Doubt, Peer Pressure
  • 🚦 Fast Thinking: Flow, Capture, Speed, Pace, Burst-mode
  • Agility
  • No (Ideas) Escape
  • Quantity, Not Quality
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Possibilities
  • Spectrum: Normal ↔ Crazy
  • Opportunity at Crazy end
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Craziness
  • Uniqueness, Un-common Insight
  • Opportunity for Innovation
  • Competitive Advantage
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Divergent-Convergent Thinking
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Vision
  • Sharing the Worldview
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Getting Un-stuck
  • Dealbreakers, Time-Suckers & Other Impracticalities
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Strategic Angularity.
  • Push, Pull, Center, Grow, Shrink & Other Modes of Change.
  • Angle of penetration.
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IN-CLASS EXERCISES: IDEATING
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IDEATION
  • SOLUTION
  • OPPORTUNITY
  • COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
  • THE MODEL
  • TEAM
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POSTIT BRAINSTORMING
PostIt Brainstorming Exercise

IDEA PRACTICE OF FOCUSED IDEATION FLOW & CAPTURE FOR QUANTITATIVELY PRODUCTIVE BRAINSTORMING. PURPOSE TO DISCOVER COMPETITIVE & INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR PROTOTYPING. GOOD FOR GROUPS TOO. SET-UP PART 1 GET YOUR POSTIT PADS OUT. ONE IDEA PER POSTIT SET-UP PART 2 THINK OF USES FOR A… WHEN YOU GET AN IDE...

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PostIt Brainstorming Exercise
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
  • PART A. DEFINING DESIGN JOURNAL CARD
    • INTERVIEWS
    • SURVEY
    • INFOGRAPHIC (WILL WORK ON INFOGRAPHIC IN DESIGN PROJECT 2)
    • FREEZE DEFINING
  • PART B. IDEATING DESIGN JOURNAL CARD
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    IDEATE SOLUTIONS USING POSTIT BRAINSTORMING.
    • Use PostIts to capture as many solution ideas as you can in 120 seconds
    • Minimum 10 solution ideas
    • Keep number of words per PostIt to a minimum
    • Sort from Normal to Crazy
    • Repeat, if necessary
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    TOP 3 SOLUTIONS.
    • Choose three of the more promising candidate solution PostIts based on creativity, feasibility & reach.
    • Expand on the solution idea by listing associated key words. Compose a solution title using key words. Stay within scope of the working problem statement. Be precise & accurate.
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    PROPOSE SOLUTIONS IN NOTION DESIGN JOURNAL.

    Include one paragraph description, one sketch, and the solution title. Maximum 250 words per solution mini-proposal.

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NEXT CLASS MEETING
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DESIGN THINKING PROCESS STEP 4: PROTOTYPING - Design, Form & Function, “Fail Early, Fail Fast”, Testing Candidates, Versioning & Branching, Cross-functional, Multi-functional, Features, Feature List, Functional Requirements (FRD), Marketing Requirements (MRD), Human Requirements (HRD), Minimum Viable Product (MVP) & MVP+. Bug Tracking. Prototyping-Testing Cycle. Iterative process. Alpha-candidate (usually single feature). Beta-candidate (usually whole package).
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
  • Make a prototype (physical model & sketches) for Testing next class.
  • Document the prototyping work in Notion Design Journal.
  • List the form & function features that you want tested.