Design Strategies

What design strategies might be used to help solve the design problem and how do they influence your design ideas

Brainstorming (Mindmapping)

is a way of putting original thoughts and ideas down on paper. You start off with with a Word in the centre of your page and you connect other words to it. These words are all related to your starting word. You then repeat the technique with each new word so that your Web becomes larger. This process allows you to quickly come up with a wide range of ideas. These drawings are often referred to as Bubble Diagrams or Spider Diagrams.

Examples

Concept Mapping

Is similar to Brainstorming. Each Bubble contains a word and on the line connecting two Bubbles is a Statement which also connects them. This helps you to check what you do know and what you don't need.

SWOT Analysis

Design Heuristics e.g.

Graphic Organisers

Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas.

For more examples please visit Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers where these examples come from.

Schematic Drawing Methods 29-35 Project Managment Tools 4-17