CREATE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
#1 Rule when creating alternative solutions: DON'T SETTLE FOR YOUR FIRST IDEA!
Good designers try to generate as many possible solutions as they can before choosing one that they feel is the best. This creative process of developing ideas is called ideation.
Methods of ideation include:Examining existing solutions
Good designers try to generate as many possible solutions as they can before choosing one that they feel is the best. This creative process of developing ideas is called ideation.
Methods of ideation include:Examining existing solutions
- Creating and using analogies
- Conducting brainstorming sessions
- Sketching and doodling
Excerpted from ScienceBuddies.org