Ask one useful question
Separate what is known from what is assumed. Shape a limited experiment around the uncertainty that matters most.
Make the
unknown tangible.
Not every useful idea has an established application. Turn the question into a focused test, with clear assumptions and something meaningful to learn.
Discuss your workflowWhere to beginFind the task.
Find the task.
Then the right approach.
Possible starting points—not a fixed product package. The scope follows your application.
Build something to learn from
Explore the object, the tooling and the sequence together. Decide which elements need to be representative and which can remain provisional.
Define the next useful step
Use the observations to decide what to keep, what to change and what needs a more rigorous test before development continues.
Bring the work into focus
The question. The test. The evidence.
These are useful questions for a first conversation. A complete technical brief can come later.
Use the project brief- Which assumption needs to be tested first?
- What changes between one experiment and the next?
- What observation would help decide the next step?
Before we beginA little
A little
more clarity.
Does the idea need to be fully formed?
No. Begin with the question, the outcome you are curious about and the constraint you already know. The first discussion can help make the next step more concrete.
How do you avoid building the wrong prototype?
Define what the prototype needs to teach the team. A narrow, explicit learning objective helps keep the work focused.
What happens after an initial experiment?
Review what the experiment showed, which assumptions changed and whether there is a sound next step. Further development depends on that evidence, not on a predetermined product path.
Your next moveA real task.