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  • Best Practices
    • Need to Knowledge Model
      • Commercial Devices
        • Master list of tools
        • Steps 1.1 — 1.5
          • Stage 1 Example
        • Steps 2.1 — 2.3
        • Steps 3.1 — 3.9
        • Steps 4.1 — 4.13
        • Steps 5.1 — 5.4
        • Steps 6.1 — 6.4
        • Steps 7.1 — 7.13
        • Steps 8.1 — 8.4
        • Steps 9.1 — 9.3
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Toolbox entries for Step 1.2

Identify a problem (need) in terms of functional limitation or environmental barrier, and also identify intended target audience for solution. Identify this project's specific context for both problem and solution.

Business Tools

  • 9/10/26 Affinity Diagrams
  • 9/10/26 Brainstorming
  • 9/10/26 Customer Idealized Design
  • 9/10/26 Delphi Method
  • 9/10/26 Ethnography
  • 9/10/26 Focus Groups
  • 9/10/26 Internal Idea Capture System
  • 9/10/26 Lead User Analysis
  • 9/10/26 Market Structure Maps
  • 9/10/26 Netnography
  • 9/10/26 One on One Interviews (customer visit teams)
  • 9/10/26 Open Innovation
  • 9/10/26 Patent Mapping
  • 9/10/26 Strategyzer Business Modeling Tool
  • 9/10/26 Thematic Analysis

Universal Design Tools

  • 9/10/26 Anthropometry
  • 9/10/26 SWiFT 9:2012 Universal Design for Energy Suppliers
  • 9/10/26 Universal Design Product Evaluation Tools
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