Design GamesFun Brainstorming Tools
Idea 1
Idea 3
Idea 2
Brainstorming a design problemis sometimes hard to do...
Very useful for a pitch
They can be used for all types of design work:
Websites, intranets, business applications, products and services.
Design games
Design games may provide outputs like:
Generating ideasIdentifying functionality
...
Generating Ideas
Generating Ideas
Design Game 1: Five SketchesDuration: Up to 1 hrGroup structure: Small teamsOutcome: Idea generation, teams learn to work togetherPreparation needed?: YesWho to involve: Design team
How to play ?
Limited time
?Specific
Problem
X5 X5 X5
sharedcombinated
iterated
Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Generating Ideas
Design Game 2: Reverse ItGroup structure: Small teamsOutcome: Idea generation, breaking a 'stuck' design problemPreparation needed?: NoWho to involve: Design team, users
How to play ?
?Problem
?Opposite
Problem
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
“how to increase
conversion ?”
“how to decrease
conversion ?”
Solutions
...
Solutions
...
Solutions
...
It also helps the team think about what a successful solution looks like, because the opposite is now clearer.
?Problem
Generating Ideas
Design Game 3: 4CsDuration: Up to 1 hrGroup structure: Small teamOutcome: Look at a problem in a new wayPreparation needed?: YesWho to involve: Design team
How to play ?
C CCC
Components: What are the parts of the problem or object
Characteristics: What are characteristics of the outcome - what does it look like.
Challenges: What are the key issues that affect the problem
Characters: Who is involved.
Preparation
Dividing the problem into 4Cs
or similar...
Components Caracterisitics
Challenges Characters
Generating Ideas
Design Game 3: 4CsDuration: Up to 1 hrGroup structure: Small teamOutcome: Look at a problem in a new wayPreparation needed?: YesWho to involve: Design team
How to play ?
C CCC
The Game
Components Caracterisitics
Challenges Characters
Team 1
Components
Describes
the problem
Caracterisitics
Team 2
Describes
the problem
Describes
the problem
Describes
the problem
CharactersChallenges
breaks the problem down and see it in a new way.
Team 3 Team 4
Identifying Functionality
Key features (3-5 features only)
Constraints or requirements (again, just a short list)
Identifying Functionality
Design Game 4: Design The BoxOutcome: Feature elicitationWho to involve: Design team, users, stakeholdersDuration: 1hr+Preparation needed?: YesGroup structure: Small teams
How to play ?
?Problem
Designing a service
Name of the service
A tagline describing the service
Preparation
Real BoxN
ame
of t
he s
ervi
ce
Identifying Functionality
Outcome: Feature elicitationWho to involve: Design team, users, stakeholdersDuration: 1hr+Preparation needed?: YesGroup structure: Small teams
How to play ?
The Game
Team 1
Limited time
?Problem
Designing a service
Team 2 Team 3
Box 2 Box 3
In doing so, teams identify key features and selling points for the product.
short presentation
short presentation
short presentation
Box 1
Design Game 4: Design The Box
Identifying Functionality
Design Game 5: Design The HPDuration: 30 mins - 1 hourOutcome: List of key featuresPreparation needed?: YesWho to involve: UsersGroup structure: Small teams
How to play ?
?Problem
Short Brief
Team 1
Limited time
Team 2 Team 3
short presentation
short presentation
short presentation
Identifying key content chunks and priority information
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