Professional tools for development practitioners embracing innovation and design methodologies
Human-centered approach to creative problem-solving in development
Understand users and their needs through observation and engagement
Frame the problem based on user insights and needs
Generate creative solutions through brainstorming and divergent thinking
Build quick, testable versions of promising solutions
Learn from user feedback and iterate on solutions
Start with people's needs, not technology or assumptions
Learn through rapid cycles of testing and improvement
Co-create with users and diverse stakeholders
Design for long-term impact and local ownership
Consider how solutions can grow and spread
Balance innovation with practical constraints
Visualize user experience and identify pain points and opportunities
Break down complex problems into root causes and effects
Rapid ideation technique for generating diverse solution concepts
Build simple prototypes to test core assumptions quickly
Prioritize solutions based on potential impact and implementation effort
Understand interconnections and leverage points for change
Frame and define development challenges
Create detailed user profiles and personas
Generate and organize creative solutions
Design and plan solution prototypes
Design and conduct user testing sessions
Ease of use, navigation, clarity
Does it solve the problem?
User happiness and acceptance
Technical and practical viability
User want and motivation
Sustainability and scalability
Evaluate innovation potential and impact
Addresses minor issues
Addresses significant issues
Solves critical problems
Community-level impact
State or regional scale
National or global potential
Small improvements
Significant innovation
Revolutionary approach
Many barriers
Some challenges
Highly feasible
Generate comprehensive documentation for your innovation and design thinking process.