Thinking Tools
What do keys do? They unlock something! The thinker's keys are part of our toolbox and help us to use different types of thinking and ask ourselves questions that can help us to solve problems.
Planning phase and brainstorming Commonality Key - What do I already know about this? What ideas or experiences will help me? BAR Key - Then take what you already know and add/remove/replace or make part of the design bigger. Prediction Key - What will happen if I add/remove/replace an idea or part? Forced relationships - What if we combine two different ideas, products or designs together to make a new one? Construction and prototype phase BAR Key - Bigger/Add/Remove or Replace Prediction Key - What will happen if I add/remove or replace an idea or part? Alternatives Key - What else can I use instead of the materials I have? Construction key - Build it! |