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Transcript
Re-framing Design Challenges Scott Plewes These are
Not the Problems you are Looking For
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PERSON(S) SYSTEM
PERSON(S) SYSTEM
SCALE
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FRAME OF REFERENCE Source: milanmuseumguide.com/escher/
Software and Tools Key Functions/Role Knowledge/Skills Process and “Flow” Stakeholders,
“Customers”
Business Perspective – Follow the Money
OBJECTS & RELATIONSHIPS
Ecosystem — People Emphasis
Ecosystem — Technical Emphasis Native Mobile Clients Game Admin &
Scheduling Leader Boards Station Displays & Data Recording Bluetooth Pairing Gymtrack Wodify Custom Shiftplanning Timely Wodify Booker iOS & Android Undisputed Cloud Databases Web and App Servers SMS E-mail PCI Compliant Billing Partner Paymentech PayPal, Stripe & more Partner Cloud & API’s Gymtrack, Technogym &Ten Count REST/HTTPS Email Notification MailChimp SendGrid SMS Notification Twilio Push Notification Urban Airship PubNub Pusher PubNub Pusher Aggregation of Partner telemetry Responsive Web Client
Sometimes this works…
Consider Reframing
Now Back To Archimedes …
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“If I had an hour to solve a problem
I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions” – Albert Einstein Source: wonderfulengineering.com
Thank you.
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