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Long-Term Phases in Design

Below is a table — it's wide, so open it in its own new window — that I constructed by thinking about the long-term phases (or are they modes of thinking-and-action?) in 15 models-for-process, and categorizing the phases/modes into 4 categories.

 
Beginning
Early-Middle
Late-Middle
Ending
 Design Process
 
 Science Process
Define a Problem-Project
(based on 2A, do 1A-1B)
Define a Question-Project
Ideate: Generate Solution-Options
(do in 2A-2B, using 2C/2D)
Ideate: Generate Theory-Options
Test & Observe, Evaluate+Revise
(do in 2C/2E, then 3A/3B,2B)
Test & Observe, Evaluate, Revise
Conclude Project
(responding to 3A,3B)
Conclude Project
 EPICS
Project Identification,
Specification Development
Conceptual Design
Detailed Design
Delivery,
Service/Maintenance,
Retirement or Redesign
 Stanford Design
Empathize,
Define
Ideate
Prototype,
Test
 THNK
Sensing
Visioning
Prototyping
Scaling
 Butterfly Works
Social Need, Research
Ideation,
(Co-Creation Workshop)
Making, Pilot Test
Scaling
 OpenIDEO
Big Question, Brief,
Inspiration
Concepting
Refinement
Evaluation, Winners,
Realisation
 Design for Change
Feel
Imagine
Do
Share
 DEEP
Discover, Empathize
Experiment
Experiment, Produce
Produce
 Learn by Design
Understand Challenge
Clarify Question
Plan Design (use Science),
Present & Share
Make Hypothesis
Construct & Test,
Analyze & Explain
Design Investigation
Conduct Investigation
Analyze Results
Present & Share
Present & Share
 Science Buddies
 
 Science Buddies
Define the Problem,
Do Background Research,
Specify Requirements
Ask a Question
Do Background Research
Create Alternative Solutions,
Choose the Best Solution
Construct a Hypothesis
Do Development Work,
Build a Prototype,
Test and Redesign
Experiment to Test Hypothesis
Analyze Data, Draw Conclusion
Communicate Results
 5 Steps:
 P H E O C
Problem
Hypothesis
Experiment & Observation,
tentative Conclusion
Conclusion
 P O E
introduction
Predict
Observe
Explain
 SRL Cycle
(improve knowledge)
Evaluate so you can PLAN
MONITOR