Develop phase

Round Robin

Think through a concept, how it will work and how it may fail, to generate better refined ideas.

What it is

A technique to think through a concept, how it will work and how it may fail, to help generate better ideas.

A good tool when you want to:

refine an idea by collaborating.

stretch your thinking and challenge the concepts you have generated.

avoid ‘ownership’ of ideas.

Using the template (an A3 divided into 4), describe an idea to solve the problem

Pass to another team member to write all the ways the idea will fail or will not work

Pass to another to fix the idea, taking the failure reasons into consideration

Review what you learned and iterate your solution.

Stay focused on how this idea works and how it impacts the people it is intended to help.

Pairs well with these other methods from the develop phase.

Define how your idea works, how it benefits the user, and how it solves the problem.

An iterative process of reviewing concepts with users, getting feedback, making changes and repeating.

Rapidly sketch 8 ideas in 8 minutes to get front-of-mind ideas out quickly.