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Frame Your Design Challenge
A template to help framing your design challenge and to define a scope.
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When to use
Early in the process.
Why you should
To articulate the problem you are trying to solve and to define a scope that is neither too narrow nor too broad.
What you get
The right frame on your challenge to get started on the right foot.
Steps to take
Start by taking a frist stab at writing your design challenge down. It should be short and easy to remember. Try composing a single sentence that conveys the problem you want to solve.
Review and refine your question, and the information you used to get there, using the prompts in this worksheet.
Further reading
As you fill out the worksheet, ask yourself:
Does my challenge drive towards ultimate impact, take into account context and constrains, and allow for a variety of potential solutions?
You will dial those in, and then refine your challenge until it is one you are excited to tackle.
Framing the right design challenge is the key to arriving at a good solution. A quick test can be to see if you can come up with five possible solutions in just a few minutes. If so, you are likely on the right track. Try this, and make tweaks as needed to get to the right framing and scope.
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