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USE THE RIGHT TOOL,

FOR THE RIGHT JOB,

IN THE RIGHT WAY.

NEED ANALYSIS

— NEED ANALYSIS

 

 I. Investigate problems and opportunities through

  • Understanding how this problem affects each different group of stakeholders and what they value;

  • Gather information on how this problem is currently handled by stakeholders, engineers, etc.

II. Systematically identify the causes of different levels.

 

  • For in depth understanding of a stakeholder's value - 

  • For understanding of how the problem affects stakeholders -

FRAMING

— DIVERGING

 

  I. Generate alternatives to high-level concepts or design details.

 II. A well-developed and feasible solution is not aimed; instead, creativity and innovation is pursued

 

  • For individual inputs with minimal anchoring -

  • For (individually/collectively) generating new ideas by improving existing ones -

  • For (individually/collectively) generating new ideas by combining attributes of existing ideas -

— FRAMING  

   I. Identify the objectives based on stakeholders' values and needs.

  II. Develop requirement models with constraints, criteria, and metrics

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  • For determine the scope that the team is focusing on -

  • For determining the relative importance of requirements and criteria - ​

DIVERGING
CONVERGING

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  I. Evaluate the current design concepts by:

 II. A well-developed and feasible solution is not  aimed; instead, creativity and innovation is pursued

 

  • For comparing different design concepts against a common set of criteria -

  • For ranking relative preferences of design alternatives -

— CONVERGING

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