© Robert Stackowiak and Tracey Kelly 2020
R. Stackowiak, T. KellyDesign Thinking in Software and AI Projectshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6153-8_3

3. Problem Definition

Robert Stackowiak1  and Tracey Kelly2
(1)
Elgin, IL, USA
(2)
Parker, IN, USA
 

When some organizations begin taking part in a Design Thinking workshop, all participants in the workshop are laser-focused on ideating around a single goal. In other organizations, the participants might come to the workshop having ill-defined or multiple goals in mind. In this chapter, we describe the best practices involved in figuring out a goal for each team to focus upon and scoping out an agreed-upon problem to be solved.

We will traverse the problem space diamond that we introduced in the Double ...

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