Problem Identification

If you've ever seen a public parking lot during the winter, I'm sure you've noticed that people's ability to park dissipates with snow. One particularly crappy day, after experiencing a brutal parking environment, I decide that this could be my problem to solve. After a little bit of research I find that...

After I identified the problem I wanted to solve, a whole plethora of mini problems followed. Especially in winter climates, I had to consider a way to make sure that whatever solution I came up with did not interfere with other snow removal operations. I also had to come up with something that made it special, as other solutions to this problem have been thought up before.