Drawing from your large mind map you will now complete a set of design criteria. Complete a set of design criteria that show what the ideal end product of the project would be but does not suggest what the final solution will be. Your task should present a clear, concise picture of the characteristics that will result.

What is the ideal end of your project?

What are the qualities and characteristics you want to see?

BRAINSTORM IDEAS – NOW YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN TO GENERATE SOLUTIONS.
(See Step 8 for detailed directions)

Watch and use Brainstorming Basics (Lynda) to brainstorm
To successfully accomplish this:
Capture your brainstorming on a large piece of paper or whiteboard
Use the brainstorming ideas in the book.
Use trigger questions and blue cards, and Analogies/Thief and Doctor tool
Clearly show the ideas and process.

DEVELOP CONCEPTS
Choosing the best ideas out of all those you brainstormed will allow you to begin to develop multiple possible solutions (See Step 9 for detailed directions)

Use the tools to work through concepts: Anchors, Bring-build-buy, Forced Connections, and Combinatorial Play.
Identify four of the top concepts on the sticky notes, stick on a white page and take a picture.