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Solution Development

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.

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.

Here are the questions it has to answer to go from one stage to the next:

• Field Prototype: Does it work?
• Manufacturing Prototype: How does a person make it?
• Total Life Cycle Prototype: How can a person repair it? Or reuse it? Or repurpose it? Or recycle it?

Figure 1

"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:

• Mapping: What are the characteristics of the landscape where the idea will become a solution?
• Stakeholders: Who will shape the ideas as they move forward? Where are they located?
• 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?
• Distribution: How will the solution get from the point of production to the point of use / consumption?

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