1. EXPLORE

Students explore their ideas and interests.

2. FORM TEAMS

Students discuss their interests and skills, and then create teams around an area of interest.

3. UNDERSTAND

Students conduct background research, talk to users and experts, and develop a problem statement.

4. IDEATE

Students brainstorm solutions and select the features to include in their design.

5. PROTOTYPE

Students create initial versions of their ideas and make changes based on feasibility and feedback.

6. VALIDATE

Students distribute their creations for feedback from a larger population and develop plans for commercialization.

This website is structured to facilitate teams using and adapting the design process to fit their needs. It outlines activities that can be completed to help achieve and simplify the creation of a new technology, product, process or solution and provides tools and instructions that are intended to help teams complete these activities. The design process is not always linear and phases can overlap, be repeated, or reordered. It all depends upon the individual team and their product needs.