Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Jakub Linowski wrote: > > > The question which I am wondering about then is how do we know how many > alternatives are enough? How do we know we have enough sketch

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of iain barker Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 3:34 PM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts,or sketches are enough? As the person that created the slides Harry referred to, the key point I was trying to make is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

As the person that created the slides Harry referred to, the key point I was trying to make is that reaction to initial design sketches often sets the design direction and constrains the design space within which we explore potential solutions. My intention with the slides was to warn practitioner

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

One less than the one that starts to hold up the development process. MT Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscrib

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

In answer to the original question -- "How many ideas qare enough?" -- I'd say it can be reassuring to have a number, as a guideline. Here's a number, based on my experience: if you ask three to four people to separately prepare come up with substantially different ideas, then you'll typically hav

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

-Scott > > Scott Berkun > www.scottberkun.com > > _ > > From: Chauncey Wilson [mailto:chauncey.wil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:44 AM > To: Scott Berkun > Cc: disc...@ixda.org > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

> > > > But most importantly, if I didn't have the power to grant this much > > authority to those 3 people, my real problem is political, not the quest > > for > > the perfect number of alternatives. > > > > -Scott > > > > Scott Berkun > > www.s

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

mail.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:44 AM To: Scott Berkun Cc: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough? You make a good point though I didn't specifically mention equal voting at all. You could have a small group who, as

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

erfect number of alternatives. > > -Scott > > Scott Berkun > www.scottberkun.com > > > -Original Message- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of > Chauncey Wilson > Sen

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Chauncey Wilson Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:26 AM To: christine chastain Cc: Dave Malouf; disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts,or sketches are enough? I would be curious to hear what tools colleagues do use for p

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

Yes, these are methods I've used in the past and in addition K/J sorting as part of the Six Sigma process...and more recently, prioritization at various "phase gates" has run parallel to the development of business models (in the case of platforms) and business cases (in the case of concepts. But I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

More than the issue of "how many ideas", I always end up without adequate prioritization mechanisms/tools by which to decide alternatives to choose for inclusion in the iteration process. This is exactly what is hard about design. Ideation can be learnt and performed somewhat mechanically (

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

I would be curious to hear what tools colleagues do use for prioritization of ideas. The key issue here is what the criteria are for choosing ideas. In the early stages of ideation, the criteria might be different for choosing what to consider further (the 10 ideas out of 300) versus what to consi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

More than the issue of "how many ideas", I always end up without adequate prioritization mechanisms/tools by which to decide alternatives to choose for inclusion in the iteration process. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Dave Malouf wrote: > I take the pop-corn in the microwave approach to this.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

I recommend that you test your alternate designs by having users use prototypes of them. Teams I've worked with have processes for developing radically different alternatives or approaches to design problems. Then they have people who are users, or like the real users, try out one of the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

I take the pop-corn in the microwave approach to this. take it out when the pops start to happen infrequently. But as Jonas says usually other factors create limitations before this. BTW, sketching/exploration, is not to create "alternatives" and "iterations" but is a ideation generation process.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

I guess design sometimes deals with problems that are wicked in Rittel's original sense of the word, and sometimes not. A related way to think, which has proven more generative to me in terms of process management, is to say that design is about learning. What you do as a designer, and part

[IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/01/14/why-you-shouldnt-rush-into-a-solution-too-quickly/ Harry posted an interesting post on "90 percent of everything" about not rushing to design solutions too quickly. Designers should cover the design space with divergent approaches first and identify