✅ Checkpoint: Thinking Modes and Observation

By Better Wise

Quiz

  1. During a divergence sprint, a teammate says about a brand-new idea: "That won't work, nobody would use it." What is the best response according to the lesson?
    • Stop generating and switch straight into scoring the list so the concern gets resolved.
    • Ask the teammate to leave the session because only positive comments are allowed.
    • Name the early judgement, move the concern to the parking lot, and restart the timer.
    • Drop the idea immediately, since a feasibility problem is a valid reason to remove it.
  2. When should you choose the criteria for a convergence round?
    • Only after the first prototype has been tested in the real world.
    • After scoring, so the criteria can match the ideas you like best.
    • Never: convergence should be based on gut feeling alone.
    • Before you look at and score the list of ideas.
  3. Which note from an observation sweep is a fact rather than an interpretation?
    • "The checkout area is confusing."
    • "People seemed anxious about the queue."
    • "Four people stepped back from the counter in ten minutes."
    • "The space felt crowded and stressful."
  4. Which problem statement is testable in the way the lesson describes?
    • "Customers want a better atmosphere."
    • "People find queuing annoying."
    • "First-time visitors at the café entrance cannot tell where the queue starts, so they hover in the doorway and get redirected by staff."
    • "The café experience should be more delightful."
  5. "No app, no screen, no new purchase" is an example of which family of creative constraint?
    • Prohibition
    • Form
    • Target
    • Resource
  6. Which set lists the four tests a usable constraint should pass?
    • Specific, checkable, uncomfortable, survivable
    • Fun, fast, free, familiar
    • Vague, flexible, comfortable, permanent
    • Novel, cheap, popular, measurable
  7. In a divergence sprint, the core rule is to ____ judgement until the list is finished.
  8. A convergence round should end with ____ candidates to test, not one final answer.
  9. Run a 10-minute observation sweep in a familiar public space and write 8 fact-only notes. Then mark each note F (fact) or I (interpretation), and rewrite the worst three as countable facts.
  10. Build a three-constraint kit for your capstone topic: ban the obvious, halve a resource, and fix the form. Write each constraint as "My concept must ___", then test each one for bite.

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