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Once your problem is problem clearly stated, you are in a good position to create possible solutions.   

• Co-create multiple ideas by involving people with different perspectives, knowledge and expertise.  
• Be expansive and ambitious in your thinking – do not pre-judge ideas.  
• Cluster ideas to identify potential solutions.  
• Prioritise solutions relating to key criteria with service user needs at the centre. Create visual and engaging prototypes to test solutions as early as possible.  
• Use the feedback to refine solutions before going through the loop again.  

Start with the why, and then select the tool

There are a wide range of tools available for each stage of the design process. It is important to think about what you seek to achieve and then to find or create a tool that would help you to do that.

You can find a full list of tools in the Tool Directory, but here are some suggestions to get you started in Develop: