Chapter 11Tools for Improvement
Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing.
—Joshua Reynolds, circa. 1780
11.1 Introduction
The earlier stages of the project, in particular the Analyse stage, have pinpointed the areas for improvement. During the Improve phase, the ideas and solutions are put to work. Various options are then compared with each other to determine the most promising solution. Some experiments and trials may be required to validate the best solution. Finally, this ...
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