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 1:  Our requirements for CST also provided a framework for evaluating CST (Warr, 2007). A list of heuristics for CST is as follows:
 2: \\Heuristic 1) Does the creativity support tool support the creation and dissemination of externalisations to support the phases of the creative process?
 3: \\Summary:
 4: Heuristics satisfied:
 5: Heuristics partially satisfied:
 6: Heuristics not satisfied: 
 7: \\Heuristic 1.1) Does the creativity support tool support the creation of sketches?
 8: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
 9: \\Description:
10: \\Heuristic 1.2) Does the creativity support tool support the creation of annotations?
11: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
12: \\Description:
13: \\Heuristic 1.3) Does the creativity support tool support the creation of text?
14: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
15: \\Description:
16: \\Heuristic 1.4) Does the creativity support tool provide an accessible interaction space supporting users pointing interactions?
17: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
18: \\Description:
19: \\Heuristic 1.5) Does the creativity support tool provide an accessible interaction space supporting users gesture interactions?
20: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
21: \\Description:
22: \\Heuristic 1.6) Does the creativity support tool support the creation of new externalisations - divergent thinking?
23: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
24: \\Description:
25: \\Heuristic 1.7) Does the creativity support tool support the refinement of existing externalisations - convergent thinking?
26: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
27: \\Description:
28: \\Heuristic 1.8) Does the creativity support tool constrain the ways users externalise their ideas?
29: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
30: \\Description:
31: \\Heuristic 1.9) Does the creativity support tool provide users with an unobstructed solution space?
32: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
33: \\Description:
34: \\Heuristic 1.10) Does the creativity support tool allow its users to change the orientation and position of an externalisation and/or the creativity support tool?
35: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
36: \\Description:
37: \\Heuristic 1.11) Does the creativity support tool support the combination of previously generated ideas?
38: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
39: \\Description:
40: \\Heuristic 1.12) Does the creativity support tool support the storage and protection of externalisations created throughout the creative process?
41: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
42: \\Description:
43: \\Heuristic 1.13) Does the creativity support tool support the comparison of generated ideas?
44: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
45: \\Description:
46: \\Heuristic 2) Does the creativity support tool need to support the various group compositions of a group?
47: \\Summary:
48: Heuristics satisfied:
49: Heuristics partially satisfied:
50: Heuristics not satisfied:
51: \\Heuristic 2.1 Does the creativity support tool provide personal interaction spaces to support individual creative activities?
52: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
53: \\Description:
54: \\Heuristic 2.2) Does the creativity support tool provide social interaction spaces to support sub-group activities?
55: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
56: \\Description:
57: \\Heuristic 2.3) Does the creativity support tool provide large interaction spaces to support group creative activities?
58: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
59: \\Description:
60: \\Heuristic 2.4) Does the creativity support tool support the transitions between individual, sub-group and group activities?
61: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
62: \\Description:
63: \\Heuristic 2.5) Does the creativity support tool support creative activities beyond the collaboratory?
64: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
65: \\Description:
66: \\Heuristic 3) Does the creativity support tool support the control of social influences?
67: \\Summary:
68: Heuristics satisfied:
69: Heuristics partially satisfied:
70: Heuristics not satisfied:
71: \\Heuristic 3.1) Does the creativity support tool provide synchronous forms of interaction reducing the effects of production blocking?
72: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
73: \\Description:
74: \\Heuristic 3.2) Does the creativity support tool support multiple inputs?
75: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
76: \\Description:
77: \\Heuristic 3.3) Does the creativity support tool remove identification with one's ideas to reduce the effects of evaluation apprehension?
78: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
79: \\Description:
80: \\Heuristic 3.4) Does the creativity support tool provide group members with privacy, thus reducing the effects of evaluation apprehension and free-riding?
81: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
82: \\Description:
83: \\Heuristic 3.5) Does the creativity support tool make individuals accountable for their own productivity?
84: \\Satisfied? - Yes/No
85: \\Description:
86: \\Overall analysis:
87: Heuristics satisfied:
88: Heuristics partially satisfied:
89: Heuristics not satisfied: 
90: \end{quote}
91: \\References:
92: \\Warr, A. (2007). Understanding and Supporting Creativity in Design. PhD Thesis, University of Bath, UK. June, 2007.\\
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