Getting creative ensures you don't miss a great idea

- [Narrator] We've covered a couple…of different ideation tools in this course.…We focused on the Design Charrette technique…because it easily demonstrates…the most important part of ideation.…That is, letting every one have a say…and then combining that information…to create a better design than any…one individual could have thought of.…The Design Charrette is also the technique…that most people on your team are likely to be happy with…as their first introduction to ideation.…However, once you've performed a couple of rounds…of Charrettes with the team you might find it helpful…to introduce the other techniques we've talked about here.…

Possible futures, competing products,…three-dimensional design or acting out the system.…Each of these techniques brings out…different elements of your team's creativity.…And different techniques might be more applicable…to various design problems that you face.…What all of these ideations techniques have in common…is the concept of broadening the scope of the interface…by getting creative and then narrowing it back down…