What is a dot vote? Dot voting has been used by meeting facilitators since the 1980s and is a big part of the design sprint method pioneered by Google Ventures. Dot voting is a quick and easy way for groups to settle on a consensus. The method is transparent and gives everybody on the team…
Consulting engineering firms are a rich source of new product ideas This is the conclusion of a 2003 paper by SUNY Geneseo professor Ian Alam (citation below). In the paper, Prof Alam studied the efforts of a manufacturer of iron and steel components and materials. This company, given the fictitious name BILTI sold its products…
The design sprint begins by identifying a North Star. What is the direction we wish to go, regardless of how we get there? The goal is to get a result in less than 30 minutes! That is one characteristic of design sprints that is both exhilarating and terrifying – time boxing. There is no time…
On these pages I’ve talked a lot about Design Thinking and it’s two main characteristics. One, it involves the end user early and often to ensure that what is being created is actually going to be useful. Two, it calls for iteration – not assuming you have the complete picture at the start of a project,…