Brainstorming Techniques & Crazy 8s — Roadmap Step & Resources
Generating a large volume of ideas quickly before judging any of them
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: UX Design
Before this step
Mini projects
- Run a Crazy 8s exercise generating 8 distinct solution sketches in 8 minutes for a real problem
Interview questions
- Why does Crazy 8s force such a short time limit per idea?
Study resources
- Crazy Eights: A Sketching Exercise (Article) — The Interaction Design Foundation's guide to the Crazy 8s rapid sketching exercise.
- Crazy 8s Sketching Exercise Explained (Video) — AJ&Smart's walkthrough of running rapid ideation exercises like Crazy 8s.
Part of
- Defining the Problem & Ideation — section
- UX Design roadmap — the full learning path