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| == Solution Development ==
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| Have you ever had such a clever idea you couldn't imagine that it would not be a success then, for whatever the reason, it just didn't develop as you thought it would - maybe not at all? If so, you're not alone.
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| Ideas fail to become viable solutions for many reasons. Figure 1 below shows the basic flow of an idea or concept through a series of "tests" or prototype stages to prove its worth as a solution.
| | Peel the Onion |
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| [[File:Basic_Flow_from_Concept_to_Solution.jpg]]
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| Figure 1
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| Here are the questions it has to answer to go from one stage to the next:
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| *''Field Prototype:'' Does it work?
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| *''Manufacturing Prototype:'' How does a person make it?
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| *''Total Life Cycle Prototype:'' How can a person repair it? Or reuse it? Or repurpose it? Or recycle it?
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| "Context is everything" as the dictum states. And that is certainly true for concepts / ideas seeking to become solutions. Figure 2 below illustrates the flow of critical aspects about the "solutionizing" context.
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| [[File:Contextual_Flow_from_Maps_to_Solutions.jpg]] | |
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| Figure 2
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| *''Mapping:'' What are the characteristics of the landscape where the idea will become a solution?
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| *''Stakeholders:'' Who will shape the ideas as they move forward? Where are they located?
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| *''Infrastructure:'' What is the condition, capability, and capacity of the communications, transportation, water, and electric power utilities in the location where the solution will be delivered?
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| *''Distribution:'' How will the solution get from the point of production to the point of use / consumption?
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| [[File:Flow_from_Innovation_to_Commercialization.jpg]]
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| Figure 3
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| [[File:Solution_Development_Timeline.jpg]]
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| Figure 4
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