1. As a team, make sure to know beforehand what is the specific thesis, problem, or research question that a literature review may help to define. 2. Organize yourself and others around specific tasks that relate to the specified questions from step (1). Each individual takes on one subject or direction. 3. Each individual identifies… Read more »

1. Specify the goal of the interview and select questions and subjects around the topic carefully. 2. Define if there is a need for a structured interview or semi-structured interview. Structured interviews have a clear guide that needs to be followed, semi-structured interviews allow for flexibility within the interview. 3. Conduct a pre-interview during the… Read more »

1. Collect and structure your information. 2. After looking at the character of the data, chose a way to display information that relates to the theme and allows a clear portrayal of the information. 3. Do quick sketches of possible ways to display the information, select the best one. 4. Polish the infographic, this can… Read more »

1. List down your long term goals. Think of a time frame between 1 and 20 years. 2. Work backwards to figure out the necessary actions to achieve the long term goal. Step by step, don’t ever skip one! 3. Collect insights over difficulties that might be encountered, steps that need to be taken and… Read more »

1. Identify the current problem that needs to be solved, this will be defined as problem 1. 2. Research into a problem that may have the same principles or complications, this will be defined as problem 2. 3. Identify solutions for problem 2, write them down. 4. Go through the different solutions for problem 2… Read more »

1. Assign a moderator and a group of participants. Max. 10 people. 2. Warm up: sprout ideas for 15 minutes and list them. Do this individually. 3. Each participant presents summaries of their own ideas to the rest of the group. The rest of participants keep sprouting ideas. 4. In the following hour, the moderator… Read more »

1. Recruit a team that will be part of the brainwriting session. 2. Arrange a space and materials needed for the session. 3. As a moderator, organize the participants and define the problem. 4. Each participant brainstorms 3 solutions in 2 minutes in written form. 5. After 2 minutes, ask participants to pass the sheet… Read more »

1. Set up a group meeting and a room. You need at least 5 participants to generate a sufficient amount of ideas. 2. Select a moderator. This moderator frames the design challenge. 3. Participants generate many ideas and write them on post-its. 4. Collect the idea post-its, shuffle them, and hand them out. No one… Read more »

1. Recruit a team of participants for the session. 2. Arrange a space and materials needed for the session. 3. Select a moderator. This person frames the design challenge. 4. Make teams and distribute post-it notes. 5. Each team generates ideas for each sense: vision, scent, feeling, hearing, and tasting; 20 minutes for each sense…. Read more »

1. Arrange a room where you can focus and work for a couple of hours. 2. List down the core stakeholders on a big sheet of paper. 3. List down the sub groups of stakeholders. 4. Connect the stakeholders to each other and describe how they relate to each other. 5. Write down the specifics… Read more »