Following and Accelerating the Design Evolution Curve in Telecommunicated Multi-Media

Many designers realize they must create and manage design collaborations to achieve the breadth of expertise and perspective necessary to handle all the steps necessary to get technologies into the hands of the public. Managing such collaborations effectively is very challenging, but various useful concepts and techniques are available from the study of deliberate creativity and innovation. These include analytical tools which allow disjoint and conflicting requirements to be understood; group dynamic factors which provide the environment for effective collaboration and co-creativity across national and discipline boundaries; and creativity techniques designed for complex ideas.