Preliminary Need Statement-

In this situation, the identification of the true need, simple as it may appear, is crucial first step in the design process, and one that is the stripping point for many projects. Quite often, the designers and the sponcers of the design identify the wrong need and take up a wrong problem to handle. This happens because quite frequently a designer starts thinking of the solutions enen before he has clearly identified the need and, thus, he is foredoomed to take the wrong track.