10 Tips on how to think like a designer

Presentationzen article on Design thinking.

http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/08/10-tips-on-how-to-think-like-a-designer.html

Same content in context of software architect from Peter Cripps

http://softwarearchitecturezen.blogspot.in/2009_09_01_archive.html

10 Tips on how Designers think:

(1) Embrace constraints.
(2) Practice restraint.
(3) Adopt the beginner’s mind.
(4) Check your ego at the door.
(5) Focus on the experience of the design.
(6) Become a master storyteller.
(7) Think communication not decoration.
(8) Obsess about ideas not tools.
(9) Clarify your intention.
(10) Sharpen your vision & curiosity and learn from the lessons around you.
(11) Learn all the “rules” and know when and why to break them.

Author: Tribhuwan

I am Tribhuwan Negi. I have been a technology evangelist and enthusiast having wide areas of interest in the field of software development and engineering. I have experience in architecting and designing enterprises applications, integration and middle-ware application solutions. I have worked on computational data grids(fabrics), distributed caching, data retrieval systems, complex event processing engines. I have also worked with CADCAM, process engineering and robotic simulations. I have lead teams on complete SDLC cycle. I have worked with start-ups and practiced agile software development. I work on different roles of developer, tech lead, engineering manager, software architect and scrum master. I have Bachelor and Masters Degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Bombay. View all posts by Tribhuwan

2 thoughts on “10 Tips on how to think like a designer”

Nice list of concepts that could be used to anything from art to knowledge. Good designers are permissive and relaxed with indecisiveness beginning on in the procedure, this is how findings are created.

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