as part of the DT Action lab online course assignment for "Process to solve problems"

1. Process: How do you solve problems
Lakshmi S
July 29th 2013
For Design Thinking Action Lab

2. Problem Overview
• Suppose you have been hired to re-
design the student lockers at a large
public high school. What PROCESS
would you use to tackle this
project? Describe the most
important steps.

3. Constraints
• Lockers
o Size
o Shape
o Colour
• Students
o Height, weight, habits of students
o Exposure on locker usage
• High-School
o Classroom, college, community

4. Issues and Resolutions
• Locker(s) are usage patterns
• Re-design with student inputs
• What and how did it impact the project?
o Time- few days
o Cost-less money
o Other-Source of materials +support from school

5. Design Process

6. Understand
• People
o Student requirements via Interview
o Scope of the student
• Process
o Usage frequency
o Access modes
o Synthesis on solutions
• Space
o Access modes
o School campus

7. Ideate
• People
o Ideas generated
• Process
o Cluster the ideas
o Define Point of view
o Re-design the problem
• Space
o To access the locker

8. Prototype
• People
o Creating a small,keyless acess
• Process
o Usage frequency+access modes
• Space
o Available near class

9. Implement
• People
o Sample lockers un-weil
• Process
o Give access to students
o Students use it
• Space
o Movement around the area

10. Dependencies and steps to problem solving
Proces
s
Problem
Constraints
Issues &
resolutions
Design
process
Project