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Stage 2: Formulating a Problem Statement
How can we effectively formulate a problem statement? We shall discuss the methods here.
At the end of the process, You will be aiming to describe a meaningful problem statement at the end of this session. You will be achieving this through the following steps:
- Identify your target user.
- Extract the most essential needs.
- Translate those needs into a problem statement.
- Provides a narrow focus.
- Provides a set of criteria which you can later use to evaluate competing ideas for solutions.
- Serves as a starting thinking point for innovation.
- It is actionable, meaningful and exciting.
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