Overview of the different phases. (05:11) Pre-Design Phase: Why is it important and knowing a project’s ‘givens’ and goals. (07:00) [Pre-Design] is extremely important because without that information, without having truthful, honest, and accurate information, you can’t really design something meaningful or appropriate. It would be like going to a doctor and the doctor assigning a prescription or performing an operation without actually doing an analysis. So Pre-Design can also be thought of as an analytical phase. (09:25) Concept Design Phase: The goals of this phase and why it can be the most illusive. (09:55) Schematic Design: What a schematic design is and the documents produced during this phase. Understanding Schematic Design as the architectural outline of a story. (13:44)