# UX II - Ex 5 - Ideation

**Context:** 

Welcome to the 2nd quest. 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to focus on going on holidays with friends. As you may have noticed, experiencing weekends or other kinds of holidays is super nice, but may lead to some moments of irritation. 

So this project’s goal is to make holidays more comfortable fo everyone. But first, as in all design processes, you need to understand the real problem behind stressful moments!

**Instructions:** 

To find creative solutions to your problem statement, use one of these techniques in groups of 5 people, twice.

During the first time, one is the facilitator and the other is the time-keeper and in charge of logistics. Switch roles for the second run.

Get as many ideas as possible within a defined timeframe, and narrow them down to 3 main ideas with a voting process (in pair or in group). Take pictures!

**Deliverables:**

- Script including all the steps + logistics
- Pictures of the session
- 3 ideas from the 2 workshops.

**Tips:**

Ideation techniques: 

- [Worst Idea](https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/learn-how-to-use-the-best-ideation-methods-worst-possible-idea)
- [Brainwriting](https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-use-brainwriting-for-rapid-idea-generation--cms-26451)
- [Mash Up](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0259/7876/5396/files/IDEO_U_Ideation_Method_Mash-Up.pdf?33258)

**Resources:** 

- [Where Good ideas come from by Steven Johnson](https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from)
- [Creative Confidence by Tom Keller](https://booksvooks.com/nonscrolablepdf/creative-confidence-unleashing-the-creative-potential-within-us-all-pdf-1.html?page=1)
- [Podcast What is wrong with UX?](https://www.usersknow.com/podcast/2016/10/10/ua1wdsszhx2pemugxc1e0qj0a3l9cs)
- [Brainwriting #2](https://dux.typepad.com/dux/2011/01/method-2-of-100-brainwriting-brainwriting-is-an-ideation-method-for-quickly-generating-ideas-by-asking-people-to-write-thei.html)
- [Voting process at the end of an ideation workshop](https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/how-to-select-the-best-idea-by-the-end-of-an-ideation-session)

Quote: 

- ‘Brainstorming means using the brain to storm a creative problem. Do so in commando fashion, with each stormer attacking the same objective.’ Alex Faickney Osborn