Design Game Brainstorm

Design Games Fun Brainstorming Tools Id ea 3 Idea 1 Idea 2

Brainstorming a design problem is sometimes hard to do...

Design games Very useful for a pitch They can be used for all types of design work: Websites, intranets, business applications, products and services.

Design games may provide outputs like: Generating ideas Identifying functionality ...

Generating Ideas

Generating Ideas Design Game 1: Five Sketches Duration: Up to 1 hr Group structure: Small teams Outcome: Idea generation, teams learn to work together Preparation needed?: Yes Who to involve: Design team How to play ? ? Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Specific Problem Limited time shared combinated X5 X5 X5 iterated

Generating Ideas Design Game 2: Reverse It Group structure: Small teams Outcome: Idea generation, breaking a 'stuck' design problem Preparation needed?: No Who to involve: Design team, users How to play ? Solutions ... ? ? Player 1 It also helps the team think about Solutions Opposite what a successful solution looks Problem ... Problem like, because the opposite is now clearer. “how to “how to Player 2 increase decrease conversion ?” conversion ?” Solutions ... Player 3

Generating Ideas Design Game 3: 4Cs Duration: Up to 1 hr Group structure: Small team Outcome: Look at a problem in a new way C C Preparation needed?: Yes Who to involve: Design team C C How to play ? Preparation Components: What are the parts of the problem or object Characteristics: What are ? characteristics of the outcome - Components Caracterisitics Problem what does it look like. Challenges Characters Dividing the Challenges: What are the key problem into 4Cs issues that affect the problem or similar... Characters: Who is involved.

Generating Ideas Design Game 3: 4Cs Duration: Up to 1 hr Group structure: Small team Outcome: Look at a problem in a new way C C Preparation needed?: Yes Who to involve: Design team C C How to play ? The Game Describes Describes the problem the problem Components Caracterisitics Team 1 Team 2 Components Caracterisitics breaks the problem down and see it in a new way. Challenges Characters Describes Describes the problem the problem Team 3 Team 4 Challenges Characters

Identifying Functionality

Identifying Functionality Design Game 4: Design The Box Outcome: Feature elicitation Who to involve: Design team, users, stakeholders Duration: 1hr+ Preparation needed?: Yes Group structure: Small teams How to play ? Preparation Key features (3-5 features only) Name of the service ? Problem A tagline describing the service Constraints or Name of the service requirements (again, just a short list) Designing a service Real Box

Identifying Functionality Design Game 4: Design The Box Outcome: Feature elicitation Who to involve: Design team, users, stakeholders Duration: 1hr+ Preparation needed?: Yes Group structure: Small teams How to play ? The Game Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 ? Problem Limited time Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Designing a service In doing so, teams short short short identify key features presentation presentation presentation and selling points for the product.

Identifying Functionality Design Game 5: Design The HP Duration: 30 mins - 1 hour Outcome: List of key features Preparation needed?: Yes Who to involve: Users Group structure: Small teams How to play ? Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 ? Problem Identifying key content chunks and priority Limited time information Short Brief short short short presentation presentation presentation

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Design Game Brainstorm

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