The "Ideas Invention" step is the one during which we start thinking of ways to solve consumer's problems with ideas for new products or services.

There are many ideation techniques, and many are very good. What makes the DMIC process different is:

  • Ideation does not start until after new product objectives and strategies have been developed and agreed to and after an exhaustive analysis of the market and its mechanics has been conducted;
  • Ideation is focused on addressing a limited number of problem areas and consumer dissatisfactions.
  • The 150 to over 250 new product ideas are then subjected to a series of filters the most important of which is a consumer filter: There would be no sense in going ahead with developing a product if the consumer did not recognize its conceptual value and its potential to solve the problem(s) it is meant to address...

    The 5 to 15 ideas that remain are then taken to step 4.

    Output/Deliverables

    5 to 15 new product ideas.

    Note: Many of the ideas above are not my own. I particularly want to recognize Tom Kuczmarski's contribution. When Tom and his company finally have a home page, I'll link it to this one. In the mean time, I'll direct you to his seminal book "Managing New Products - The Power of Innovation" Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-544669-4 (Jacques Chevron)

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