1. Developing strategies for change
2. Applying design principles and frameworks to development, knowledge transfer and capacity building
3. Finding opportunities for innovation and meaningful uses of technology
4. Mapping the interactions and interdependencies of development projects—creating coherent models that take into account the complexity of a project and model issues, challenges and outcomes
5. Developing comprehensive, well structured inter-disciplinary knowledge bases
6. Fostering dialogue, connections and exchanges between diverse stakeholders
Principled Design started as a class at NYU’s graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program and is growing into a practice and ongoing conversation with the development community.