BUCKYVERSE

Design Science Strategy & Plan

Topic/Issue/Problem area

  1. The general human need area our team is focusing on is...
  2. The specific problem situation we are working on is...

Preferred State

  1. The Preferred State for the global problem situations we have picked to work on is...

Problem State/Present State

  1. The global problem state for (our problem area) is...
  2. The symptoms of this problem are...
  3. The quantitative description of the problem is... (how many of what, etc.)
  4. The severity of the problem can be measured by...
  5. What are the implications of the problem—how does it impact other areas and systems?
  6. What are its interconnections with other problems? (This problem impacts the food shelter, health, education, transportation, economic, environmental system in the following ways:
  7. What does the problem look like? (What image describes the problem situation?)
  8. How many people does the problem impact in the world? Where is it most severe?
  9. It is most severe in...
  10. What does the geographical dimension look like?

Preferred State

  1. The Preferred State for the (problem area/situation) we are working on is...
    • By 2016:
    • By 2030:
  2. What will the world (or region we are focused on) look life if this problem is solved?
  3. If this problem is solved...
    a. How will we measure success? How will we know when we reach the Preferred State?
    b. We will know we have achieved the Preferred State when...
    c. We will reach this Preferred State in the year 2___.

Present State

  1. The Problem State is a part of the Present State. What does the Present State look like?
  2. What are the components and processes of the Present State?
  3. What are the inputs and outputs of the Present State?

Alternatives

  1. We know where we are and where we want to go. What are the options for reaching the Preferred State?
  2. What present-day technology or policies can be used that will get us to the Preferred State?
  3. What artifacts, if scaled up/mass-produced/disseminated could get us to the Preferred State?
  4. What present day technology can be scaled up to have the impact needed to reach the Preferred State?
  5. What could you get a patent on?

Plan

  1. What do we do/what needs to happen to reach the Preferred State?
  2. To reach the Preferred State we need to...

Artifacts

  1. What artifacts will the plan use to reach the Preferred State?
  2. The strategy will use the following artifacts to reach the Preferred State...
  3. How many?
  4. What is the proof of concept (what is needed to justify scaling up)?

Timeline

  1. What do we do in the next six months to reach the Preferred State?
  2. In the next six months we will...
  3. What needs to be done over the next five years?

Impacts

  1. What impacts will this strategy have on other areas?
  2. What are the expected and measurable outcomes of this strategy?

Resources

  1. What resources does this plan need?
  2. The strategy needs the following material resources
  3. The strategy needs the following human resources (Who will implement the strategy? Who is needed for the strategy’s success?)
  4. Where are they? How do we get them?
  5. What technology is needed? How do we get it?

Cost

  1. How much will our strategy cost?
  2. Where will this money come from/how will this strategy be financed?

Who can do it?

  1. What can the UN do to make this strategy real?
  2. What can civil society do?
  3. What can business do?
  4. What can individuals do?

You

  1. What can I do to make this strategy real?
  2. What can I do to make this strategy real?
  3. What could I do with $100,000 to move this strategy to the next level?