Louise Møller Nielsen holds a [...] in Industrial Design, a PhD in Design andInnovation, and is currently Assistant Professor at Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. Her present research is concerned with the early phases of design and innovation, user-centred-design and interdisciplinary teams. She has planned and facilitated workshops to?in private companies (Daimler AG, The Red Crods, TC Electronic, and Catapult Design among others), in the Danish social- and healthcare sector and for post graduate students both at Aalborg- and Stanford University. Besides her research and teaching at Aalborg University, she has also worked as project manager and workshop facilitator at the consultancy Copenhagen Living Lab.

Christian Tollestrup, holds a [...]. in Industrial Design and a Ph.D. in Value and Viosion-based concept development, and is currently working as Associate Professor at Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University. His present research is concerned with user-driven innovation, workshop management, and design based entreprenurship. Christian Tollestrup has 10 years' experience in planning and facilitating design and innovation workshops for Post Graduate students at Aalborg University. Since 2008 he has co-planned and facilitated large scale, annual innovation and entrepreneurship workshops for 400 Post Graduate Students in interdisciplinary teams at Aalborg University, a series of workshops on "Danish Production 2025" involving companies such as LEGO, Danfoss, and Grundfoss as well as a series of employee-driven-innovation workshops for the healthcare sector.

Christian Tollestrup, holds a [...]. in Industrial Design and a Ph.D. in Value and Viosion-based concept development, and is currently working as Associate Professor at Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, AalborgUniversity. His present research is concerned with user-driven innovation, workshop management, and design based entreprenurship. Christian Tollestrup has 10 years' experience in planning and facilitating design and innovation workshops for Post Graduate students at Aalborg University. Since 2008 he has co-planned and facilitated large scale, annual innovation and entrepreneurship workshops for 400 Post Graduate Students in interdisciplinary teams at Aalborg University, a series of workshops on "Danish Production 2025" involving companies such as LEGO, Danfoss, and Grundfoss as well as a series of employee-driven-innovation workshops for the healthcare sector.

Counters the waste of project resources due to ambiguity and lack of real shared understanding in the team by prototyping the project point of departure

Provides hands-on tools to involve users and enable the entire team to identify the right user need and scope of the project from the start

Forms a facilitation guide that not only describes and exemplifies the methods, but also provides readers with input and inspiration to plan, instruct and facilitate workshops

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Theoretical Foundation.- Methodology & Material.- Analysis and Findings I.- Analysis and Findings II.- Analysis and Findings III.