Enterprise Design Thinking - Co Creator - Assumptions & Questions

1. Co-Creator Course
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Assumptions and
Questions

2. This template is to help you share your work with the
rest of your team, stakeholders and clients.
HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE
• Document your work. Remember in math class,
the teacher told you, “show your work, it’s just as
important as the answer.” Your team needs to see
how you came to your results.
• Make them care. Tell a story that your team can
rally around. Think about the problem you want to
solve. What’s at stake?
• Replace our text with your own. All text fields
after this slide are prompts to help guide you.
Please change any text to help share your process
and findings with your team.
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
• Replace our images with your own.
To replace an image, right-click on the image,
select Change image, and select your file.
IF USING POWERPOINT
• Replace our images with your own.
To replace an image, click on the image, select
Image > Replace, and select your file.
IF USING KEYNOTE
Do good work!
- The EDT Team
Assumptions and
Questions

3. Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
I’d like to tell you about this project.
Refresh your team’s memory
by summarizing the project
you’re working on.
Assumptions and
Questions

4. Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
I’m doing this because…
Explain the purpose of doing
this activity in the context of
your current project. Be
specific, be concise.
Assumptions and
Questions

5. Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Here’s what I did.
Explain how you approached
this activity. Who did you
collaborate with? How did you
gather your data? Be
transparent, be honest.
Assumptions and
Questions

6. Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
These are the most critical assumptions and
questions I have:
• Your first high-risk, low
certainty assumption or
question
• Your second high-risk, low
certainty assumption or
question
• Your third high-risk, low
certainty assumption or
question
Assumptions and
Questions

7. Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
I plan on doing this next…
Explain to your team what you
plan to do next. How will you
address your assumptions and
questions?
Assumptions and
Questions

8. Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Co-Creator Course • © 2018 IBM Corporation
Do you have any feedback?
Guide the conversation by
asking your team a few
questions. For example:
• Which assumption impacts
the user most? Which one
poses the most risk?
• Any recommendations of
how to address these
questions?
Assumptions and
Questions